isospondyli

WORDNET DICTIONARY

isospondyli(n = noun.animal) order isospondyli - most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon;

is a kind of animal order

is a member of malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii

isospondyli, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. 'i`sos equal + , , a vertebra.].

An extensive order of fishes, including the salmons, herrings, and many allied forms. [1913 Webster]