teleostan

Synonyms:

teleost, teleost fish

Types:

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malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

cornetfish

slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales

needlefish, pipefish

fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates

bellows fish, snipefish

small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth

shrimp-fish, shrimpfish

slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates

Aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish

tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

billfish, gar, needlefish

elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

flying fish

tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight

halfbeak

tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw

Scomberesox saurus, billfish, saury

slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

sweeper

little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

ganoid, ganoid fish

primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi

in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes

cypriniform fish

a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

squirrelfish

very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark

anomalops, flashlight fish

fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

Photoblepharon palpebratus, flashlight fish

fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

dory

marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

Capros aper, boarfish

fish with a projecting snout

boarfish

fish with large eyes and long snouts

prickleback, stickleback

small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research

Syngnathus hildebrandi, dwarf pipefish

small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast

Cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish

a fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean

sea horse, seahorse

small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position

catfish, siluriform fish

any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

gadoid, gadoid fish

a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae

eel

voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, beaked salmon, sandfish

fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

clupeid, clupeid fish

any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

anchovy

small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide

salmonid

soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters

whitefish

silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

smelt

small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

Tarpon atlanticus, tarpon

large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

Albula vulpes, bonefish

slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons

argentine

any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

lanternfish

small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night

lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish

tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide

greeneye

bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster

lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish

large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

handsaw fish

a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus

Lampris regius, moonfish, opah

large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean

Lampris guttatus, New World opah

from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico

ribbonfish

marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

Regalecus glesne, king of the herring, oarfish, ribbonfish

thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

batfish

bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish

fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

Opsanus tau, toadfish

bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

frogfish

fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout

sargassum fish

small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum

timucu

found in warm waters of western Atlantic

monoplane flying fish, two-wing flying fish

having only pectoral fins enlarged

biplane flying fish, four-wing flying fish

having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged

percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

remora, suckerfish, sucking fish

marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

silverside, silversides

small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

barracuda

any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth

launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce

very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

dragonet

small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America

Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle

primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

Polyodon spathula, duckbill, paddlefish

primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout

Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladis

fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

sturgeon

large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, gar, garfish, garpike

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

fishes having the head armored with bony plates

plectognath, plectognath fish

tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

flatfish

any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side

Type of:

bony fish

any fish of the class Osteichthyes