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Definition of Anacanthini
1. Noun. At least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Malacopterygii, Superorder Malacopterygii
Definition of Anacanthini
1. n. pl. A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anacanthini
Literary usage of Anacanthini
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government by Johannes Justus Rein (1884)
"anacanthini ; AIR-BLADDER WITHOUT PNEUMATIC DUCT. Of the very important family
of the haddocks (Gadidae), which is distributed over the entire ..."
2. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"The suck fishes, Remora,* first dorsal modified to a sucker on top of head.
Order IV. anacanthini. Soft-finned fishes with ventral fins in front of ..."
3. Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology by John Hunter, Richard Owen (1861)
"[Order anacanthini.] THE LING [Lota moha, Cuv.]. The ling has a sound. The nostrils
are as in the salmon. It has ie complete tunica conjunctiva, ..."
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