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Teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
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acanthopterygii
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Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii . Members of this superorder are also known as the ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is also ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acanthopterygii \Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? thorn + ? fin, dim. fr. ? wing.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.