Meanings
nounneoteleost (plural neoteleosts)
plural neoteleosts
- biologyA member of the clade Neoteleostei of bony fish.
Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).
1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333
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