Holostei share with other non-teleost ray-finned fish a mixture of characteristics of teleosts and sharks. In comparison with the other group of non-teleost ray-finned fish, the chondrosteans, the Holostei are closer to the teleosts and further from sharks: the pair of spiracle found in sharks and chondrosteans is reduced to a remnant structure (i...
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• (n. pl.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Ho·los'te·i noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek
'o`los whole + ... a bone.]
(Zoology) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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