class Osteichthyes

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class Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

Osteichthyes

Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals

bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes

Crossopterygii, subclass Crossopterygii - fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians

Dipnoi, subclass Dipnoi - bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii

subclass Teleostei, Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

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bony fish Craniata crossopterygian Crossopterygii Dipnoi Fish fish out lobe-finned fish lobefin lungfish Osteichthyes subclass Crossopterygii subclass Dipnoi subclass Teleostei subphylum Craniata subphylum Vertebrata teleost teleost fish teleostan			61 Phylum Chordata Class Osteichthyes Engraulis ringens 0. Geographical differences in the feeding patterns of red rockfish ... by Barrientos, Claudio A.; Gonzalez, M. Teresa; Moreno, Carlos A. / Fishery Bulletin Range CLASS OSTEICHTHYES Order Petromyzontiformes (lampreys) Family Petromyzontidae (lamprey) Ichthyomyzon bdellium (Jordon), W, S Ohio lamprey I. Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science Class OSTEICHTHYES Huxley, 1880 Subclass ACTINOPTERYGII KLEIN, 1885 Order incertae sedis Family Andreolepididae fam. Andreolepis (Actinopterygii) in the upper Silurian of Northern ... by Marss, Tiiu / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology			class interval class Lamellibranchia class Larvacea class Liliopsida class list class Lycopodiate class Lycopodineae class Lycopsida class Magnoliopsida class Mammalia class mark class Mastigophora Class meeting class Merostomata class Monocotyledonae class Monocotyledones class Musci class Myriapoda class Myxomycetes class Nuda Class of a curve class Oligochaeta class Onychophora class Oomycetes class Ophiuroidea class Osteichthyes class Pauropoda class Pelecypoda class period class Phaeophyceae class Phasmidia class Pinopsida class Placodermi class Plectomycetes class Polychaeta class Polyplacophora class Psilopsida class Psilotatae class Pteridospermopsida class Pyrenomycetes class Reptilia class Rhodophyceae class Sarcodina class Scaphopoda class Schizomycetes class Scyphozoa class Sphenopsida class Sporozoa class structure class struggle class Symphyla			Class Of Class of a curve Class of Business Class of Device Class Of Interface Class of Option Class of Options Class of Property Class of Restriction Class of service Class of service Class of Service Buffer Class of Service Override Class of Service Queues Class of Service restriction Class Of Service Table Class of Supply Consumption Model Class of Trade Class of Traffic class Oligochaeta class Onychophora class Oomycetes class Ophiuroidea Class Orientation With Class Oriented Ring Associated Language Class Oriented Ring Associated Language class Osteichthyes class P ballast class P ballast class P ballast class P ballast class P problems class Pauropoda class Pelecypoda class period class period class period class period class Phaeophyceae class Phasmidia class Pinopsida class Placodermi class Plectomycetes class Polychaeta class Polyplacophora Class Poppy Construction Kit Class Precedence List class prejudice class Psilopsida class Psilotatae class Pteridospermopsida class Pyrenomycetes Class Race Age Sex Handicap Class Ranks class recall Class representative class Reptilia

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