Definition of teleost fish Teleost fish
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| teleost fish - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei | ||
| teleost, teleostan | ||
| bony fish any fish of the class Osteichthyes | ||
| subclass teleostei, teleostei large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species | ||
| malacopterygian, soft-finned fish any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii | ||
| cornetfish slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales | ||
| pipefish, needlefish fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates | ||
| bellows fish, snipefish small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth | ||
| shrimp-fish, shrimpfish slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates | ||
| aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down | ||
| gar, needlefish, billfish primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | ||
| flying fish tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight | ||
| halfbeak tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw | ||
| saury, scomberesox saurus, billfish slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | ||
| acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays | ||
| sweeper little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body | ||
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