stomiiform

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

stomiiform (not comparable)

  1. (ichthyology) Of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish.

Noun[edit]

stomiiform (plural stomiiforms)

  1. A fish of this order.
    • 1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333:
      Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).