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Definition of Spiny-finned fish
1. Noun. A teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays.
Specialized synonyms: Squirrelfish, Anomalops, Flashlight Fish, Flashlight Fish, Photoblepharon Palpebratus, Dory, Boarfish, Capros Aper, Boarfish, Prickleback, Stickleback, Batfish, Allmouth, Angler, Angler Fish, Anglerfish, Goosefish, Lophius Americanus, Lotte, Monkfish, Opsanus Tau, Toadfish, Frogfish, Sargassum Fish, Percoid, Percoid Fish, Percoidean, Remora, Suckerfish, Sucking Fish, Silverside, Silversides, Barracuda, Launce, Sand Eel, Sand Lance, Sand Launce, Dragonet, Scorpaenoid, Scorpaenoid Fish, Plectognath, Plectognath Fish, Flatfish
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Group relationships: Acanthopterygii, Superorder Acanthopterygii
Antonyms: Soft-finned Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spiny-finned Fish
Literary usage of Spiny-finned fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1887)
"... "rock-cod," "cod-sounds," or "cod- roes" in tropical trade, the term generally
refers to one of these perches, or to some related spiny-finned fish. ..."
2. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"A spiny-finned fish allied to the blenny, and distinguished by having the ventral
fins on the breast capable of forming a ..."
3. Zoology of the Bible by Harland Coultas (1876)
"The archer-fish (Toxotes jaculator). This remarkable fish is another spiny-finned
fish which abounds in tropical seas, ..."
4. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"How do you account for the ridiculous practice of applying such names as trout
and salmon to a spiny-finned fish of the order of perches ? " asked Ignatius. ..."
5. Sport with Gun and Rod in American Woods and Waters by Alfred Marshall Mayer (1883)
"How do you account for the ridiculous practice of applying such names as trout
and salmon to a spiny-finned fish of the order of perches ? " asked Ignatius. ..."
6. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P by Joseph Bette Jukes (1847)
"They were not cod of any kind, being spiny - finned fish, but of what precise
description I cannot say. Some of them were of very large size, one weighing ..."
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