teleost fish

Noun
  1. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (synset 102530794)
    is a type of: bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes
    subtypes:
    • malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
    • cornetfish - slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
    • needlefish, pipefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
    • bellows fish, snipefish - small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
    • shrimp-fish, shrimpfish - slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
    • aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish - tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
    • billfish, gar, needlefish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
    • flying fish - tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
    • halfbeak - tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
    • billfish, saury, scomberesox saurus - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
    • acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
    • sweeper - little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
    • ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
    belongs to: subclass teleostei, teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species
    same as: teleost, teleostan

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