Centriscoid

/sɛnˈtrɪskɔɪd/ adjective

Resembling or related to fishes of the family Centriscidae; having characteristics similar to centriscids.

From Centriscus (genus name) plus Greek -oid 'resembling.' The suffix -oid is used in biology to indicate similarity without exact membership in a taxon.

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