squaretail

square·tail

(skwâr′tāl′)

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Noun 1. squaretail - sluggish square-tailed fish armored with tough bony scales; of deep warm waters

scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters

genus Tetragonurus, Tetragonurus - a genus of Stromateidae

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Dubbed "squaretail' in its native waters in northeastern North America, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is right at home in the West's cold high-mountain streams and lakes.

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Samoilys and Squire (1994) and Samoilys (1997) documented spawning aggregations of coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) from the Great Barrier Reef, and Johannes (1988) described the aggregating behavior of squaretail coralgrouper (P.

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