Teleostei
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Noun 1. [画像:Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes]Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
order Solenichthyes, Solenichthyes - bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
leptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes
class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
Order Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossiformes - teleost fish with bony tongues
order Synentognathi, Synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
Acanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
family Pempheridae, Pempheridae - sweepers
Ganoidei, order Ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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