bony fish

/ˌboʊni fɪʃ/

Other forms: bony fishes

Definitions of bony fish

1. noun

   any fish of the class Osteichthyes
   types:

   crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin

   any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

   lungfish

   air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought

   teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

   a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

   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

   Latimeria chalumnae, coelacanth

   fish thought to have been extinct since the Cretaceous period but found in 1938 off the coast of Africa

   ceratodus

   extinct lungfish

   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

   type of:

   fish

   any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills