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Definition of Order 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 Order Discocephali
Literary usage of Order discocephali
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"The Cod holds the proud distinction of having the greatest economical value of
any fish. order discocephali (dis ko ..."
2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... and order Discocephali. The top of the head is provided with a peculiar sucking
disk, a modification of the spinous dorsal fin, composed of a series of ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... or referred to a special sub-order Discocephali. The great peculiarity is the
suctorial disc on the dorsal surface of the head. ..."
4. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"1912.1 - The anatomy and classification of the teleostean fishes of the order
Discocephali. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1912, 8. ser. 10634-637. 2 figs. ..."
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