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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Percoidea — theperch and similarfish .
Etymologies
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Percidae is a very simple application for system administration with Microsoft Windows.
Softpedia - Windows - All Softpedia Windows 2010
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Nearly half of the carp and minnow family and the Percidae (family of darters, perches and their relatives) are in jeopardy.
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Nearly half of the carp and minnow family and the Percidae (family of darters, perches and their relatives) are in jeopardy.
FuturePundit 2008
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Nearly half of the carp and minnow family and the Percidae (family of darters, perches and their relatives) are in jeopardy.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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The waters are inhabited by four varieties of fish; one was probably a Gristes, about eight inches long, and from one and a half to two inches broad, of a lanceolate shape, with bright yellow spots all over the body; a second smaller than Gristes, with dark stripes; a third about a foot long, and three inches broad, belonging to the Percidae; and a fourth, a small fish, which seemed to be allied to the Cyprinidae.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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Siluridae, and Percidae.) "To-morrow I will send the other list of specimens No. 3, which will I hope reach you; of all the fish in these parts, the Sir-i-Chushme and
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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