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Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer.

Having the fin rays cartilaginous or flexible; without spines; -- said of certain fishes.

Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

A spiny-finned fish.

Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny- finned.

An edible, spiny-finned fish, esp. of the genera Roccus, Labrax, and related genera. There are many species.

Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. -- Blue perch, the cunner. -- Gray perch, the fresh-water drum. -- Red perch, the rosefish.…

e true sole in form or quality, as the California sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata), the long-finned sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), and other species. Lemon, or French, sole (Zoöl.), a European species of sole (Solea pegusa). -- Smooth sole (Zoöl.), the megrim.

of or pertaining to the Sparidæ, a family of spinous-finned fishes which includes the scup, sheepshead, and sea bream. -- n.

A division of soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright- colored.