subclass Teleostei

Thesaurus

Noun

1.subclass Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living speciesTeleosteiMalacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous raysorder Solenichthyes, Solenichthyes - bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snoutleptocephalus - slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishesclass Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilageteleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass TeleosteiAlepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishesOrder Osteoglossiformes, Osteoglossiformes - teleost fish with bony tonguesorder Synentognathi, Synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaksAcanthopterygii, superorder Acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony raysfamily Pempheridae, Pempheridae - sweepersGanoidei, order Ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scalesclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders