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squamipen


Origin: L. Squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. Squamipenne.

<zoology> Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

They are compressed and mostly, bright-coloured tropical fishes, belonging to Chaetodon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral fishes, and angel fishes.

Source: Websters Dictionary