synamur

In her., same as murrey. Synancia (si-nan'si-a), n. [NL. (Bloch and Schneider, 1801, in the form Synanceia), Synancia verrucosa. connected with a system of poison-glands, typ ical of the family Synanciidæ, as S. verrucosa. Synanciidæ (sin-an-si'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., A family of acanthopterygian fishes, exemplified by the genus Synancia, ia, and related to the scorpænoids. The dorsal consists of a long spinous and short soft part; the thoracic ventrals are well developed, with one spine and four or five rays; the head is broad, and depre ed or sub quadrate, with prominent orbits; the branchial apertures are separated by a wide isthmus; the trunk is antrorsiform, and the vertebræ comprise ten abdominals and fourteen to seventeen caudals. The family includes a few fishes of the tropical Pacific, some of which have poison-glands discharging through opercular or dorsal spines. Also Synanceidæ.