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Definition of Discocephali
1. Noun. Small order of fishes comprising the remoras.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Acanthopterygii, Superorder Acanthopterygii
Member holonyms: Echeneididae, Family Echeneidae, Family Echeneididae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Discocephali
Literary usage of Discocephali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... we may mention the singular group of discocephali (a ... The discocephali
comprise the single family of shark-suckers or remoras, ..."
2. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1898)
"Suborder discocephali. Bony fishes "with a suctorial transversely laminated oval
disk on the upper surface of the head (homologous with a ..."
3. A Manual of the Vertebrate Animals of the Northern United States: Including by David Starr Jordan (1904)
"Of these various suborders, we notice first the discocephali, a small group
characterized by a singular modification of the dorsal fin. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"The recognition of the high rank of the discocephali is also a triumph of reason
over prejudice and leadership. Its type, Echeneis, was declared by Dr. ..."
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