Teleostei (redirected from Teleosti)

Te`le`os´te`i

n. pl.

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(Zool.) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species subclass Teleostei Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays order Solenichthyes, Solenichthyes - bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout leptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes Order Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossiformes - teleost fish with bony tongues order Synentognathi, Synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays family Pempheridae, Pempheridae - sweepers Ganoidei, order Ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders