Holostean


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Ho`los´te`an


a.1.(Zool.) Pertaining to the Holostei.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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With the exception of the Holostean bowfin (Amia calva; cf.
EVIDENCE OF A FUNCTIONAL RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM IN THE CHANNEL CATFISH (ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS)
In contrast to the Tetrapoda, the genomes of bony fishes (Teleostei) typically encode twice the number of paralogs (20-26) compared to the retained number of subfamilies (11-12), while the holostean spotted gar (Lepisosteas oculatus) has 13 paralogs spread amongst 11 subfamilies.
Evolution and functional diversity of aquaporins
Over most of its extent at Wasson Bluff, the Scots Bay member has a single bed of purple green and white limestone and calcareous sandy mudstone that contains disarticulated remains of the holostean fish Semionotus and unidentified palaeonisciforms, teeth of hybodont sharks, and coprolites.
Stratigraphic and temporal context and faunal diversity of Permian-Jurassic continental Tetrapod assemblages from the Fundy rift basin, eastern Canada
Allograft rejection in a holostean fish, Lepisosteus platyrhincus.
Delayed hypersensitivity reaction in tilapia (Orechromis Niloticus)
The replacement of "holostean" by early teleostean faunas may be documented at Las Hoyas (Poyato-Ariza, 2005).
A holistic approach to the palaeoecology of Las Hoyas Konservat-Lagerstatte (La Huerguina Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Iberian Ranges, Spain)/ Una aproximacion holistica a la palaeoecologia del Konservat-Lagerstatte de Las Hoyas (Formacion La Huerguina, Cretacico Inferior, Cordillera Iberica, Espana)
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