neoteleostean

English

Noun

neoteleostean (plural neoteleosteans)

1. Any fish of the clade Neoteleostei
   • 1992, Richard L. Mayden, Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes:

     Fishes of the neoteleostean clade are characterized by (among other traits) the possession of a large muscle that extends posterodorsally from the upper pharyngeal jaw to the vertebral column, the retractor dorsalis.