malacopterygian

Noun malacopterygian has 1 sense

• malacopterygian(n = noun.animal) soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii;
is a member of malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii
has particulars: order ostariophysi, ostariophysi, cypriniform fish, catfish, siluriform fish, gadoid, gadoid fish, eel, beaked salmon, gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, sandfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, anchovy, salmonid, whitefish, smelt, tarpon, tarpon atlanticus, albula vulpes, bonefish, argentine, lanternfish, lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish, greeneye, lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish, handsaw fish, lampris regius, moonfish, opah, lampris guttatus, new world opah, ribbonfish, king of the herring, oarfish, regalecus glesne, ribbonfish
is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan