Isospondyli

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Noun

Isospondyli - most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon

order Isospondyli

animal order - the order of animals

Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays

family Gonorhynchidae, Gonorhynchidae - coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus

Clupeidae, family Clupeidae - herrings; shad; sardines; etc.

Engraulidae, family Engraulidae - anchovies

family Salmonidae, Salmonidae - salmon and trout

Coregonidae, family Coregonidae - soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae

family Osmeridae, Osmeridae - smelts

Elopidae, family Elopidae - tarpons and ladyfishes

Albulidae, family Albulidae - bonefish

Argentinidae, family Argentinidae - small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts

family Myctophidae, Myctophidae - deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes

References in periodicals archive ?

Morphologie und Funktion des Kieferund Kiemenapparates von Tiefseefischen der Gattungen Malacosteus und Photostomias (Teleostei, Isospondyli, Stomiatoidea, Malacosteidae).

Teleostean phylogeny based on osteological and myological characters/Filogenia de teleosteos basada en caracteristicas osteologicas y miologicas

In The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli and Ostariophysi obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1919, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas.

Dos nuevas especies del genero Squatina (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) del Golfo de Mexico

The fishes of the groups Elasmobranchii, Holocephali, Isospondyli, and Ostarophysi [sic] obtained by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer "Albatross" in 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas.