Definition of Order Ganoidei

1. Noun. A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales.

Exact synonyms: Ganoidei
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Member holonyms: Ganoid, Ganoid Fish, Amiidae, Family Amiidae, Family Polyodontidae, Polyodontidae, Acipenseridae, Family Acipenseridae, Family Lepisosteidae, Lepisosteidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Ganoidei

order Ericales
order Erysiphales
order Eubacteriales
order Eubryales
order Euphausiacea
order Eurotiales
order Eurypterida
order Exocycloida
order Fagales
order Falconiformes
order Filicales
order Foraminifera
order Fucales
order Gadiformes
order Galliformes
order Ganoidei (current term)
order Gaviiformes
order Gentianales
order Geophilomorpha
order Geraniales
order Ginkgoales
order Gnetales
order Graminales
order Gregarinida
order Gruiformes
order Guttiferales
order Gymnophiona
order Haemosporidia
order Haplosporidia
order Heliozoa

Literary usage of Order Ganoidei

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 Johann Justus Rein (1884)
"ORDER. GANOIDEI. Of the two families of this tribe, only that of the sturgeon ... order Ganoidei ..."

2. The Fossil Fishes of the Hawkesbury Series at Gosford by Arthur Smith Woodward (1890)
"... scales cannot be distinguished in any specimen ; but they are evidently very small, and all are marked by fine longitudinal striations. Order- GANOIDEI. ..."

3. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1854)
"Prom the Old Red Sandstone of Lethen Bars, Ross-shire. Presented by Lady Gordon Cuming. Order GANOIDEI. ..."

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