order Synentognathi

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order Synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks Synentognathi animal order - the order of animals subclass Teleostei, Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species Belonidae, family Belonidae - ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars Exocoetidae, family Exocoetidae - flying fishes; closely related to the halfbeaks family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide family Scomberesocidae, family Scombresocidae, Scomberesocidae, Scombresocidae - only sauries