| has gloss | (noun) a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish |
| lexicalization | eng: acanthopterygian |
| lexicalization | eng: spiny-finned fish |
| subclass of | (noun) a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
teleost fish, teleostan, teleost |
| has subclass | (noun) very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
squirrelfish |
| has subclass | (noun) fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
anomalops, flashlight fish |
| has subclass | (noun) fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye
Photoblepharon palpebratus, flashlight fish |
| has subclass | (noun) marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
dory |
| has subclass | (noun) fish with a projecting snout
boarfish, Capros aper |
| has subclass | (noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts
boarfish |
| has subclass | (noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
stickleback, prickleback |
| has subclass | (noun) bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins
batfish |
| has subclass | (noun) fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey
anglerfish, lotte, angler fish, angler, goosefish, monkfish, Lophius Americanus, allmouth |
| has subclass | (noun) bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth
Opsanus tau, toadfish |
| has subclass | (noun) fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout
frogfish |
| has subclass | (noun) small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum
sargassum fish |
| has subclass | (noun) any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoidean, percoid, percoid fish |
| has subclass | (noun) marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects
sucking fish, remora, suckerfish |
| has subclass | (noun) small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
silversides, silverside |
| has subclass | (noun) any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
barracuda |
| has subclass | (noun) very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches
sand launce, sand eel, launce, sand lance |
| has subclass | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America
dragonet |
| has subclass | (noun) fishes having the head armored with bony plates
scorpaenoid fish, scorpaenoid |
| has subclass | (noun) tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
plectognath fish, plectognath |
| has subclass | (noun) 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
flatfish |