Memidex - spiny-finned fish
Definition:
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
Class:
animal noun
Plurals:
spiny-finned fish* | spiny-finned fishes
(* spiny-finned fish may be used in a singular or plural context)
Type of:
teleost fish » bony fish » fish » aquatic vertebrate » vertebrate » chordate » animal » organism » living thing
Member of:
Acanthopterygii » Teleostei » Osteichthyes » Vertebrata » Chordata » Animalia
Original source:
Examples:
barracuda | batfish | boarfish | boarfish | dory | dragonet | flashlight fish | flatfish | frogfish | goosefish | percoid fish | plectognath | remora | sand lance | sargassum fish | scorpaenoid | silversides | splitfin flashlightfish | squirrelfish | stickleback | toadfish
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