• (n. pl.) A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.
Phar`yn·gog'na·thi noun plural [ New Latin See Pharynx , and Gnathic .] (Zoology) A division of fishes in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.