Acanthopterygian

a.

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(Zool.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch.

Noun

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acanthopterygian - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays Synonyms: spiny-finned fish

Acanthopterygii, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, anomalops, barracuda, batfish, boarfish, Capros aper, dory, dragonet, flashlight fish, flatfish, frogfish, goosefish, launce, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, Opsanus tau, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, Photoblepharon palpebratus, plectognath, plectognath fish, prickleback, remora, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, sargassum fish, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, silverside, silversides, spiny-finned fish, squirrelfish, stickleback, suckerfish, sucking fish, superorder Acanthopterygii, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan, toadfish