isospondyli
Noun
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Most primitive teleost fishes;
All are soft-finned: salmon;
Trout;
Herring;
Shad;
Sardines;
Anchovies;
Whitefish;
Smelts;
Tarpon (synset 102531165)is a type of: animal order - the order of animalsmember holonym:- family gonorhynchidae, gonorhynchidae - coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus
- clupeidae, family clupeidae - herrings; shad; sardines; etc.
- engraulidae, family engraulidae - anchovies
- family salmonidae, salmonidae - salmon and trout
- coregonidae, family coregonidae - soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae
- family osmeridae, osmeridae - smelts
- elopidae, family elopidae - tarpons and ladyfishes
- albulidae, family albulidae - bonefish
- argentinidae, family argentinidae - small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts
- family myctophidae, myctophidae - deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes
belongs to: malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rayssame as: order isospondyli
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