teleost fish
Noun 1. a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (synonym) teleost, teleostan (hypernym) bony fish (hyponym) soft-finned fish, malacopterygian (member-holonym) Teleostei, subclass Teleostei | ||||
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teleost fish
teleost fish
n : a bony fish of the subclass teleostei [syn: teleost, teleostan]
teleost fish
n : a bony fish of the subclass teleostei [syn: teleost, teleostan]
Teleost fish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Teleostei
Teleostei is one of three infraclasses in class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes. This diverse group, which arose in the Triassic period , includes 20,000 extant species in about 40 orders. The other two infraclasses, Holostei and Chondrostei, are paraphyletic.
On the basis of biomass as well as of species count, teleosts are the typical vertebrates, and all other vertebrates are exceptions to the teleost rule. See Actinopterygii for a complete list of orders.
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