protacanthopterygian

adjective

Of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.

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Meanings

adjectiveprotacanthopterygian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned 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
nounprotacanthopterygian (plural protacanthopterygians)

plural protacanthopterygians

  1. A fish of this superorder.
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