neoteleostean

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neoteleostean (plural neoteleosteans)

  1. Any fish of the clade Neoteleostei
    • 1992, Richard L. Mayden, Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes:
      Fishes of the neoteleostean clade are characterized by (among other traits) the possession of a large muscle that extends posterodorsally from the upper pharyngeal jaw to the vertebral column, the retractor dorsalis.
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