Noun squirrelfish has 2 senses
  1. pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish, Lagodon rhomboides - similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
    --1 is a kind of sparid, sparid fish
    --1 is a member of Lagodon, genus Lagodon
  2. squirrelfish - very small brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters of tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
    --2 is a kind of
    spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
    --2 is a member of Holocentridae, family Holocentridae
    --2 has particulars:
     reef squirrelfish, Holocentrus coruscus; deepwater squirrelfish, Holocentrus bullisi; Holocentrus ascensionis; soldierfish, soldier-fish
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