English > Isospondyli: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon. |
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| Synonym | order Isospondyli |
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| Member of | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii | An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays |
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| Members | Albulidae, family Albulidae | bonefish |
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| 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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