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Definition of Malacopterygii
1. Noun. An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Member holonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish, Cypriniformes, Order Cypriniformes, Order Siluriformes, Siluriformes, Gadiformes, Order Gadiformes, Anacanthini, Order Anacanthini, Anguilliformes, Order Anguilliformes, Order Apodes, Isospondyli, Order Isospondyli, Family Synodontidae, Synodontidae, Chlorophthalmidae, Family Chlorophthalmidae, Family Lampridae, Lampridae, Family Trachipteridae, Trachipteridae, Family Regalecidae, Regalecidae
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Definition of Malacopterygii
1. n. pl. An order of fishes in which the fin rays, except the anterior ray of the pectoral and dorsal fins, are closely jointed, and not spiny. It includes the carp, pike, salmon, shad, etc. Called also Malacopteri.
Medical Definition of Malacopterygii
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Malacopterygii
Literary usage of Malacopterygii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"... Nob., whose pectoral rays are osseous, compressed, and terminated by a slightly
crenated palette. . ORDER IV. malacopterygii ..."
2. Zoology: A Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits, Instincts by William Benjamin Carpenter (1848)
"ORDER IV—malacopterygii APODA. 576. The fishes in which the ventral fins are
always wanting, Form but a single natural family ; MUR.ENID. ..."
3. Reports on the Progress of Zoology and Botany, 1841, 1842 by Ray Society, Heinrich Friedrich Link (1845)
"Scarus amplus, Ranzani, lcp 324; head and back violet-brown; belly and fins bright
red: Brazils. malacopterygii. J. MULLER has given important information ..."
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