percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

Apogonidae, family Apogonidae - bright-colored marine fishes that incubate eggs in the mouth

Apogon maculatus, flame fish, flamefish - a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters

Astropogon stellatus, conchfish - found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch