Having the form or appearance of a fish of the Centriscidae family; shaped like a centriscid with a tubular snout and compressed body.
From Centriscus (type genus) plus Latin -formis meaning 'having the form of.' Describes morphological similarity to the centriscid body plan.
Centrisciform describes a body shape that's weirdly specialized for hunting in the deep ocean—it's so streamlined for ambush predation that these fish look almost alien, like they belong in science fiction rather than real oceans.
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