central ness (sentralnes)

[ Centrarchida. I. a. IMG:content-0028.png:[blocks in formation] II. n. A fish of the family Centrarchida . Centrarchidæ (sen-trär'ki-dē), n. pl . [NL., Centrarchus + -ida .] A family of acanthopterygian fishes, typified by the genus Centrarchus , containing the forms known as sunfish , rock ba , and black - ba , all of which are inhabitants of the United States. The Chœnobryttus gu Warmouth ( Chanobryttus gulosus). (From Report of U. S. Fish Commi ion.) los us is abundant in the southern streams, where it is known as the warmouth. They are all fresh-water fishes, with compre ed oval body, continuous lateral line concurrent with the back, head of moderate size with nostrils normally double and scaly cheeks and gill-covers, the operculum ending in a colored lobe or point, a long dorsal usually spines and 10 rays, and the fin opposite the soft part of the dorsal. There are 10 genera and nearly 50 species. Centrarchinæ (sen-trär-kīnē), n. pl. [NL., centrarchine (sen-trär'kin), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining or relating to the Centrarchinæ or Centrarchida. His [Carus's] three principal cranial vertebræ correspond to the three cerebral ma es, and are the occipital, centricipital , and sincipital. S. Kneel and, Jr., Amer. Cус., ХІІІ. 424. centric i put (sen-tris'i-put), n. [For centric a put , centrum , center, + caput , head.] In an at ., the mid-head, between the sinciput and the occiput, or fore-head and hind-head; a part of the head, or segment of the skull, corresponding to the mesencephalon, and constituting the second cranial segment counting from behind forward. See centricipital .