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A bony fish that belongs to the infraclass Teleostei (comprising more than 20,000 species), which includes nearly all the important food and game fish, and many aquarium fish.
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Group of fish with bony skeletons.
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a name applied to fishes having the skeleton fully ossified; in other words a “bony fish” in contrast to a shark, which is a cartilaginous fish
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a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
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fish with a bony skeleton as opposed to cartilaginous fish (elasmobranchs).
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