acanthopterygian

Noun acanthopterygian has 1 sense

• acanthopterygian(n = noun.animal) spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays;
has particulars: squirrelfish, anomalops, flashlight fish, flashlight fish, photoblepharon palpebratus, dory, boarfish, capros aper, boarfish, prickleback, stickleback, batfish, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lophius americanus, lotte, monkfish, opsanus tau, toadfish, frogfish, sargassum fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, remora, suckerfish, sucking fish, silverside, silversides, barracuda, launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, plectognath fish, flatfish
is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
is a member of acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii