protacanthopterygian
English edit
Adjective edit
protacanthopterygian (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of or from the superorder Protacanthopterygii of ray-finned fish.
- 1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333:
- Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).
Noun edit
protacanthopterygian (plural protacanthopterygians)
- A fish of this superorder.