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teleost /ˈtɛlɪɒst / /ˈtiːlɪɒst/noun ZoologyA fish of a large group that comprises all ray-finned fishes apart from the primitive bichirs, sturgeons, paddlefishes, freshwater garfishes, and bowfins.- Division (or infraclass) Teleostei, subclass Actinopterygii: many orders.
These advances culminated in the modern bony fish, or teleosts, which show a tremendous diversity of mouth parts and feeding specializations....- The basiventrals form distinct elements that articulate with the pleural ribs in primitive teleosts, and thus act as parapophyses.
- In the teleost fishes studied to date, the male morphs differ in circulating androgen levels.
OriginMid 19th century: from Greek teleos 'complete' + osteon 'bone'. |