HyperDic: acanthopterygian

English > 1 sense of the word acanthopterygian:
NOUNanimalacanthopterygian, spiny-finned fisha teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
English > acanthopterygian: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays.
Synonymspiny-finned fish
Member ofAcanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygiiteleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
Narroweranomalops, flashlight fishfish having a luminous organ beneath eye
barracudaAny voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
batfishbottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
boarfish, Capros aperfish with a projecting snout
boarfishfish with large eyes and long snouts
dorymarine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
dragonetsmall often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers
flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratusfish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
flatfishAny of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
frogfishfish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
goosefish, angler, anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte, allmouth, Lophius Americanusfishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
percoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
plectognath, plectognath fishTropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
remora, suckerfish, sucking fishmarine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
sand lance, sand launce, sand eel, launceVery small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
sargassum fishsmall fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum
scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fishfishes having the head armored with bony plates
silversides, silversidesmall fishes having a silver stripe along each side
squirrelfishVery small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs
stickleback, pricklebacksmall (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship
toadfish, Opsanus taubottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
Broaderteleost fish, teleost, teleostanA bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
Oppositesoft-finned fish, malacopterygianAny fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
Spanishacantopterigio
Catalanacantopterigi

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