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Teleost fish

noun
1.
A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.  Synonyms: teleost, teleostan.






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... class distinctions were more sharply and universally marked—were of later geological origin. Thus the oldest fish were most like our present ganoids and sharks, though differing much from both. Our common teleost fish, like perch and cod, appeared much later. The oldest bird, the archaeopteryx, had a long tail like that of a lizard, and teeth; and thus stood in many respects almost midway between birds and reptiles. And most of the earliest forms ...
— The Whence and the Whither of Man • John Mason Tyler



Words linked to "Teleost fish" :   needlefish, ganoid fish, pipefish, Scomberesox saurus, bony fish, cornetfish, teleost, saury, spiny-finned fish, subclass Teleostei, ganoid, flying fish, trumpetfish, malacopterygian, shrimpfish, soft-finned fish, halfbeak, acanthopterygian, Teleostei, gar, billfish, teleostan, snipefish, sweeper, bellows fish, Aulostomus maculatus, shrimp-fish



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