spiny-rayed
Americanadjective
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The only spiny-rayed fishes that we have found with H. g. gulonella are Lepomis cyanellus and L. humilis, both of which are scarce.
From Project Gutenberg
Of the sea fishes of Asia, among the Acanthopterygii, or spiny-rayed fishes, the Percidae, or perches, are largely represented, the genus Serranus, which has only one species in Europe, is very numerous in Asia, and the forms are very large.
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