Coral Fishes

Coral Fishes (Squamipennes), a name applied to a family of bony fishes in the spiny-rayed or Acanthopterous order. They are tropical forms, abundant about coral-reefs, usually small, with short, deep, often brightly coloured bodies. The family includes the Archer-fish (q.v.), the very beautiful Chætodons, the genus Chelmo with peculiarly elongated snout, and other interesting forms.