teleost

/ˌtɛliˈɑst/

Other forms: teleosts

Definitions of teleost

1. noun

   a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
   synonyms: teleost fish, teleostan

   types:

   malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

   any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

   cornetfish

   slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales

   needlefish, pipefish

   fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates

   bellows fish, snipefish

   small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth

   shrimp-fish, shrimpfish

   slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates

   Aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish

   tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

   billfish, gar, needlefish

   elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

   flying fish

   tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight

   halfbeak

   tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw

   Scomberesox saurus, billfish, saury

   slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

   acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish

   a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays

   sweeper

   little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body

   ganoid, ganoid fish

   primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

   Ostariophysi, order Ostariophysi

   in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes

   cypriniform fish

   a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

   squirrelfish

   very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark

   anomalops, flashlight fish

   fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

   Photoblepharon palpebratus, flashlight fish

   fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

   dory

   marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters

   Capros aper, boarfish

   fish with a projecting snout

   boarfish

   fish with large eyes and long snouts

   prickleback, stickleback

   small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research

   Syngnathus hildebrandi, dwarf pipefish

   small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast

   Cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish

   a fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean

   sea horse, seahorse

   small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position

   catfish, siluriform fish

   any of numerous mostly freshwater bottom-living fishes of Eurasia and North America with barbels like whiskers around the mouth

   gadoid, gadoid fish

   a soft-finned fish of the family Gadidae

   eel

   voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins

   Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, beaked salmon, sandfish

   fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

   clupeid, clupeid fish

   any of numerous soft-finned schooling food fishes of shallow waters of northern seas

   anchovy

   small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide

   salmonid

   soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters

   whitefish

   silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere

   smelt

   small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

   Tarpon atlanticus, tarpon

   large silvery game fish of warm Atlantic coastal waters especially off Florida

   Albula vulpes, bonefish

   slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons

   argentine

   any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

   lanternfish

   small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night

   lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish

   tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide

   greeneye

   bottom-dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster

   lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish

   large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

   handsaw fish

   a soft-finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus

   Lampris regius, moonfish, opah

   large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean

   Lampris guttatus, New World opah

   from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico

   ribbonfish

   marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

   Regalecus glesne, king of the herring, oarfish, ribbonfish

   thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

   batfish

   bottom-dweller of warm western Atlantic coastal waters having a flattened scaleless body that crawls about on fleshy pectoral and pelvic fins

   Lophius Americanus, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, lotte, monkfish

   fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey

   Opsanus tau, toadfish

   bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

   frogfish

   fish having a frog-like mouth with a lure on the snout

   sargassum fish

   small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum

   timucu

   found in warm waters of western Atlantic

   monoplane flying fish, two-wing flying fish

   having only pectoral fins enlarged

   biplane flying fish, four-wing flying fish

   having both pectoral and pelvic fins enlarged

   percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

   any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

   remora, suckerfish, sucking fish

   marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

   silverside, silversides

   small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

   barracuda

   any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth

   launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce

   very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

   dragonet

   small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America

   Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle

   primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America

   Polyodon spathula, duckbill, paddlefish

   primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout

   Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladis

   fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish

   sturgeon

   large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone

   Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, gar, garfish, garpike

   primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

   scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish

   fishes having the head armored with bony plates

   plectognath, plectognath fish

   tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

   flatfish

   any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side

   type of:

   bony fish

   any fish of the class Osteichthyes