| NOUN | animal | order Isospondyli, Isospondyli | most primitive teleost fishes |
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| Meaning | Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon. | |
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| Synonym | Isospondyli | |
| Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
| Members | Albulidae, family Albulidae | bonefish |
| Argentinidae, family Argentinidae | small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies | |
| Clupeidae, family Clupeidae | herrings | |
| Coregonidae, family Coregonidae | soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes | |
| Elopidae, family Elopidae | tarpons and ladyfishes | |
| Engraulidae, family Engraulidae | anchovies | |
| Gonorhynchidae, family Gonorhynchidae | coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus | |
| Myctophidae, family Myctophidae | Deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes | |
| Osmeridae, family Osmeridae | smelts | |
| Salmonidae, family Salmonidae | salmon and trout | |
| Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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