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SUPERORDER MALACOPTERYGII
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
Synonyms:
Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superorder Malacopterygii" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "superorder Malacopterygii"):
malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)
Cypriniformes; order Cypriniformes (an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi)
order Siluriformes; Siluriformes (an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes)
Gadiformes; order Gadiformes (cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini)
Anacanthini; order Anacanthini (at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications)
Anguilliformes; order Anguilliformes; order Apodes (elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced)
Isospondyli; order Isospondyli (most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon)
family Synodontidae; Synodontidae (soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes)
Chlorophthalmidae; family Chlorophthalmidae (small family of soft-finned bottom-dwellers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes)
family Lampridae; Lampridae (opahs)
family Trachipteridae; Trachipteridae; family Regalecidae; Regalecidae (ribbonfishes)
Holonyms ("superorder Malacopterygii" is a member of...):
subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)
