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GASTEROSTEUS

Volume 2 · 50 words · 1771 Edition

in ichthyology, a genus of fishes belonging to the order of thoracici. There are three rays GEL

TAYS in the membrane of the gills; the body is carinated; and there are some distinct prickles before the back-fin. There are eleven species, distinguished by the number of prickles on the back.