Category:Squamipen

Squam"i*pen ( or ), n. ;pl. Squamipennes. Etym: [l. squama a scale + Penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins Partially covered with scales.

Note: they are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, Belonging to chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called Soral fishes, and angel fishes.