Definition of Plectognathi. Meaning of Plectognathi. Synonyms of Plectognathi

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Definition of Plectognathi

Plectognathi
Plectognathi Plec*to"gna*thi, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? twisted (fr. ? to plait, twist) + ? jaw.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united with the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary. Note: The upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.

Meaning of Plectognathi from wikipedia

- Tetraodontiformes (/tɛtrə.ɒˈdɒntɪfɔːrmiːz/), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related...
- Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv...
- Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv...
- Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv...
- Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv...
- James C (1965). "The Trunkfish Genus Acanthostracion (Ostraciontidae, Plectognathi) in the Western Atlantic: Two Species Rather than One". Proceedings of...
- Osteology, Phylogeny, and Higher classification of the Fishes of the Order Plectognathi (Tetraodontiformes). U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and...
- and naturalist Henri Hollard, a pioneering worker in the study of the Plectognathi. Hollardiinae contains the following genera and species: Hollardia Poey...
- James C. (1965). "The Trunkfish Genus Acanthostracion (Ostraciontidae, Plectognathi) in the Western Atlantic: Two Species Rather than One". Proceedings of...
- Gymnotidae, Symbranchidae, Muraenidae, Pegasidae, and of the Lophobranchii, Plectognathi, Dipnoi, ...[thru] ... Leptocardii, in the British Museum. v. 8: i-xxv...