ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MALACOPTERYGIAN
From New Latin Malacopterygii, from malaco- + Greek pterux wing, fin.
WHAT DOES MALACOPTERYGIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of malacopterygian in the English dictionary
The definition of malacopterygian in the dictionary is of, relating to, or belonging to the Malacopterygii, a group of teleost fishes, including herrings and salmon, having soft fin rays. Other definition of malacopterygian is any malacopterygian fish; a soft-finned fish.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALACOPTERYGIAN»
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
Abdominal Malacopterygian — common carp, barbel, leuciscus, common trout.
Sub-branchial Malacopterygian — cod, turbot. Apo- dous Malacopterygian —
common eel, conger-eel. Chondropterygian or Cartilaginous Fishes. Sturiones ...
... plicated sacs, and to the abdominal family of the Malacopterygian order of that
class, in which it seemed to present an extreme modification or rudimental
condition of the fins indicative of a transition from the abdominal to the apodal
families.
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, ...
5). Branched rays are dichotomously Split, the joints increasing in Fig. 8.— Sauru
* undoaquamis, a Malacopterygian with anterior soft number towards the
extremity. dorsal und additional adipose fin. The continuity of the vertical fin,
however, ...
... at the head of the malacopterygian, and in their turn link themselves with
acanthopterygians by the spines of some of the fins. The Malacopterygian 1
families are marked with stronger differences and 20 ON THE
ICHTHYOLOGICAL SYSTEM.
Georges baron Cuvier, 1834
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The Animal Kingdom: The class Pisces
... at the head of the malacopterygian, and in their turn link themselves with
acanthopterygians by the spines of some of the fins. The Malacopterygian 1
families are marked with stronger differences and 20 ON THE
ICHTHYOLOGICAL, SYSTEM.
Georges baron Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, 1834
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An Introduction to the Natural History of Fishes: Being the ...
It may be here noted, however, that certain malacopterygian kinds, such as carps
and siluri, have the articulations of some of the rays soldered together, in such a
manner as to appear simply spinous. Introduc- SECT- IV._THE MUSCLES AND ...
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A history of British fishes
I did not hesitate to place it under the Acanthopterygii, as some genera which are
included in this order are, like it, strictly Malacopterygian, their natural connexion
with genera having fins with spinous rays being considered—and in my opinion ...
8
Transactions Of The Geological Society
... the Ichthyosauri to the class of Fishes, and prepare us to receive with less
surprise the evidence of a Malacopterygian structure of the fin afforded by the
presence of a series of soft bifurcate rays in the posterior fold of the natatory
integument.
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London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of ...
... plicated sacs, and to the abdominal family of the Malacopterygian order of that
class, in which it seemed to present an extreme modification or rudimental
condition of the fins indicative of a transition from the abdominal to the apodal
families.
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Calcutta journal of natural history and miscellany of the ...
... higher situations. The chief features in the collection are the paucity of orders to
which the collection belongs, and the remarkable prevalence of the members of
the families of Silurida and Cyprinida. There is but one apodal Malacopterygian ...