SQUAMIPEN

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Squam″i‐pen (skwăm″ĭ‐pĕn or skwā″mĭ–), n.; pl. Squamipennes (–pĕn″nēz). [[L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.]] (Zoöl.) Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. ☞ They are compressed and mostly bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes, and angel fishes.