Teleostei is one of three infraclasses in class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes. This diverse group, which arose in the Triassic period, includes 26,840 extant species in about 40 orders and 448 families; most living fishes are members of this group. The other two infraclasses, Holostei and Chondrostei, may be paraphyletic. ==Characteristics... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleostei
Te`le·os'te·i noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... complete + ... bone.] (Zoology) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/21