beloniform
English edit
Noun edit
beloniform (plural beloniforms)
- (zoology) Any fish in the order Beloniformes
Adjective edit
beloniform (comparative more beloniform, superlative most beloniform)
- Of or pertaining to the order Beloniformes.
- 1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 553:
- However, the loss of the uncinate process is not unique for cyprinodontiforms, but instead synapomorphic for a clade comprising of cyprinodontiforms and beloniforms (Rosen & Parenti, 1981).