Although the hotspot has a relatively small fish fauna, with only just over 40 native species, it has a remarkable two endemic families: the mountain catfishes (Nematogenyidae) and the perch-like fishes of the genus Percilia (family Perciliidae). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Chilean winter rainfall-valdivian forests] Reference
The showcase windows travel across the master bedroom, too, for a perch-like view from the bed. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
"Means of defence, I suppose," said his father, raising the keen perch-like back fin of the fish. From Wordnik.com. [Menhardoc] Reference
The second course of the Great Supper also is fish, which may be of any sort and served in any way -- in our case it was a perch-like variety of dainty pan-fish, fresh from the Rhône. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Kalends of Provence And Some Other Provençal Festivals] Reference
The beautiful silvery fish was passed on by one of the fishermen, and the brilliant scales and sharp, perch-like fin of this favourite fish were being examined, when a violent splashing and commotion told of the presence of something larger in the net. From Wordnik.com. [Menhardoc] Reference
There were two kinds of bream -- one a rather slow-moving fish, with large, dark brown scales, a perch-like mouth, and wide tail, and with the sides and belly a dull white; the other a very active game fellow, of a more graceful shape, with a small mouth, and very hard, bony gill plates. From Wordnik.com. [The Call Of The South 1908] Reference
Fish and crocodiles are said to be very abundant in the lake; but with all my endeavours to obtain some specimens, I have succeeded in seeing only two sorts -- one similar to those taken at Ujiji, of a perch-like form, and another very small, resembling our common minnow, but not found in the Ujiji market. From Wordnik.com. [What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile] Reference
He was bachelor in his arm-chair and his stock of wine; his hospitality was that of a bachelor, for a man who feels instinctively that he will never own a "house and home" constructs the materiality of his life in chambers upon a fuller basis than the man who feels instinctively that he will, sooner or later, exchange the perch-like existence of his chambers for the nest-like completeness of a home in South. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Fletcher A Novel] Reference
A bit of background info for those who aren’t familiar with them: cichlids are cosmopolitan small to medium sized mostly freshwater perch-like fish that display an incredible range of morphological and behavioral adaptations. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Latin binomial?] Reference
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