ganoid fish

/ˌgæˈnɔɪd fɪʃ/

Other forms: ganoid fishes

Definitions of ganoid fish

1. noun

   primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
   synonyms: ganoid

   types:

   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

   Acipenser transmontanus, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon

   food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America

   Acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon

   valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas

   type of:

   teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

   a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei