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Definition of Soft-finned fish
1. Noun. Any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii.
Group relationships: Malacopterygii, Superorder Malacopterygii
Specialized synonyms: Order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, Cypriniform Fish, Catfish, Siluriform Fish, Gadoid, Gadoid Fish, Eel, Beaked Salmon, Gonorhynchus Gonorhynchus, Sandfish, Clupeid, Clupeid Fish, Anchovy, Salmonid, Whitefish, Smelt, Tarpon, Tarpon Atlanticus, Albula Vulpes, Bonefish, Argentine, Lanternfish, Lizardfish, Snake-fish, Snakefish, Greeneye, Lancet Fish, Lancetfish, Wolffish, Handsaw Fish, Lampris Regius, Moonfish, Opah, Lampris Guttatus, New World Opah, Ribbonfish, King Of The Herring, Oarfish, Regalecus Glesne, Ribbonfish
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Member holonyms: Whitebait
Antonyms: Spiny-finned Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soft-finned Fish
Literary usage of Soft-finned fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1875)
"AH the prickly-finned fish make one general division ; all the soft-finned fish
another. Those first are distinguished from each other, as being either ..."
2. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"The fish that have bony prickly fins are called Prickly-finned Fish ; the latter,
that have soft or cartilaginous fins, are called soft-finned fish. ..."
3. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ...: With Numerous Notes from the by Oliver Goldsmith (1857)
"The fish that have bony prickly fins, are called prickly-finned fish; the latter,
that have soft, or cartilaginous fins, are called soft-finned fish. ..."
4. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature: Illustrated with Copperplates by Oliver Goldsmith (1824)
"... that have soft or cartilaginous fins, are called soft-finned fish. ...
the soft-finned fish have likewise their barbarous Greek name of ..."
5. The History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin by Western Historical Co (1879)
"... are soft-finned fish with an extra dorsal adipose fin without rays. They inhabit
northern countries, spawning in the latter part of fall and winter. ..."
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