Sentence examples for fishes of from inspiring English sources

Electric rays (Torpedinidae) are characteristically bottom fishes of sluggish habits.

Snake mackerels, or escolars, are fishes of the family Gempylidae.

Catfish, any of the fishes of the order Siluriformes.

We saw large blue parrotfish and other fishes of various stripes and colors.

We are warm, slow, and sensual guys, not like the cold fishes of the north".

A note explained: "The Piranahas are the cannibal fishes of the South American waters.

Headstander, any of several fishes of the family Anostomidae (order Characiformes).

The sea robins (Triglidae) are bottom-living fishes of wide distribution.

Many unique structural, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral characters make these fishes of particular interest to scientists.

Scorpion fishes of the family Aploactinidae similarly shed their eggs in the open sea.

The classification here is essentially that of J.S. Nelson (Fishes of the World, 4th edition, 2006).