malacopterygian
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1. any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii (noun.animal)
hyponym | : | order ostariophysi, ostariophysi, |
definition | : | in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | cypriniform fish, |
definition | : | a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | catfish, siluriform fish, |
definition | : | any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | gadoid, gadoid fish, |
definition | : | a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | eel, |
definition | : | voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | clupeid, clupeid fish, |
definition | : | any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | anchovy, |
definition | : | small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | salmonid, |
definition | : | soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | whitefish, |
definition | : | silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | smelt, |
definition | : | small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | tarpon, tarpon atlanticus, |
definition | : | large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | albula vulpes, bonefish, |
definition | : | slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | argentine, |
definition | : | any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | lanternfish, |
definition | : | small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | greeneye, |
definition | : | bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish, |
definition | : | large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | handsaw fish, |
definition | : | a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | lampris regius, moonfish, opah, |
definition | : | large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | ribbonfish, |
definition | : | marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body (noun.animal) |
member holonym | : | whitebait, |
definition | : | the edible young of especially herrings and sprats and smelts (noun.animal) |
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