Definition of Order Isospondyli

1. Noun. Most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Isospondyli

order Heterosomata
order Heterotrichales
order Hymenogastrales
order Hymenoptera
order Hypericales
order Hypermastigina
order Hypocreales
order Hyracoidea
order Ichthyosauria
order Ictodosauria
order Insectivora
order Insessores
order Isoetales
order Isopoda
order Isoptera
order Isospondyli (current term)
order Juglandales
order Jungermanniales
order Lagomorpha
order Laminariales
order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata
order Lycoperdales
order Lycopodiales
order Lyginopteridales

Literary usage of Order Isospondyli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of the North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"Order ISOSPONDYLI. The Clupeoid and Salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"... 1893, which measured three feet in length. One caught off Kidder's Ferry a few years ago is said to have measured five feet. VII. Order ISOSPONDYLI. 9. ..."

3. The Fishes of North Carolina by Hugh McCormick Smith (1907)
"Order ISOSPONDYLI. The Clupeoid and Salmonoid Fishes. This order, which comprises some of the commonest and most valuable of our soft-rayed fishes, ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"... undoubtedly remove the fishes which possess them, from the order Isospondyli, where the present writer formerly placed them. The degree of ossification ..."

5. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"The simplest type is represented by the order Isospondyli.and paleontology indicates clearly that this order is also the oldest, as it dates from the Trias ..."

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