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crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin
any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form
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lungfish
air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
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teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
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malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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cornetfish
slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales
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needlefish, pipefish
fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
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bellows fish, snipefish
small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
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shrimp-fish, shrimpfish
slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates
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Aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish
tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
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Latimeria chalumnae, coelacanth
fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa
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ceratodus
extinct lungfish
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billfish, gar, needlefish
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
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flying fish
tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight
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halfbeak
tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
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Scomberesox saurus, billfish, saury
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
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acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
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sweeper
little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body
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ganoid, ganoid fish
primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
