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Definition of Teleost fish
1. Noun. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.
Specialized synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish, Cornetfish, Needlefish, Pipefish, Bellows Fish, Snipefish, Shrimp-fish, Shrimpfish, Aulostomus Maculatus, Trumpetfish, Billfish, Gar, Needlefish, Flying Fish, Halfbeak, Billfish, Saury, Scomberesox Saurus, Acanthopterygian, Spiny-finned Fish, Sweeper, Ganoid, Ganoid Fish
Generic synonyms: Bony Fish
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teleost Fish
Literary usage of Teleost fish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1906)
"MC Marsh Scl. Am. 94: 88-9. Ja. 27; Sam«. Scl. Am. S. 61:25290. Mr. 31, '06.
Electric organ in teleost fish ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... a teleost fish of the rivers and estuaries of India and Burma, growing to two
feet in length. It is the sole representative of the family ..."
3. The Organism as a Whole: From a Physicochemical Viewpoint by Jacques Loeb (1916)
"The egg of the marine fish Fundulus hetero- clitus can be fertilized with the
sperm of almost any other teleost fish, ..."
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