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teleost

(tĕl′ē-ŏst′, tē′lē-)
n.
Any of various fishes of the group Teleostei, having a protrusible upper jaw and including most of the ray-finned fishes.
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teleost

any bony fish of the subclass Teleostei, containing all the present-day bony fishes, except lungfish, sturgeon and garpike.They are characterized by the presence of an AIR BLADDER.
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Descricao de uma especie nova de Astyanax (Teleostei: Characidae) da bacia do alto rio Parana e consideracoes sobre as demais especies do genero na bacia.
Histological and histometric evaluation of the liver in Astyanax bimaculatus (Teleostei: Characidae), exposed to different concentrations of an organochlorine insecticide.
Description of a new species of Apistogramma (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the upper Amazonas basin.
2014: Spawning character and early life history of the endangered Korean dwarf loach, Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
(21.) Tombi J, Bwame AS, Akoumba JF, Bilong CF (2016) Ecology of three monogenean ectoparasites of Barbus camptacanthus (Teleostei: Cyprinid) from the Koukoum River, Cameroon.
Migration and reproductive biology of Mugil liza (Teleostei: Mugilidae) in south Brazil.
Trophic and reproductive ecology of a neotropical characid fish Hemibrycon brevispini (Teleostei: Characiformes).
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