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angel fishes

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squamipen \Squam"i*pen\ (? or ?), n.;pl. {Squamipennes}. [L.
   squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins
   partially covered with scales.

   Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical
         fishes, belonging to {Ch[ae]todon} and allied genera.
         Many of them are called {soral fishes}, and {angel
         fishes}.
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