Meanings
plural gasterosteiforms
- biologyAny fish of the order Gasterosteiformes.
Dermal plates, which are composed exclusively of bone, are known for representatives of taxa like syngnathiforms, tetraodontiforms and gasterosteiforms.
2014, Hermann Ehrlich, Biological Materials of Marine Origin: Vertebrates, page 230
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