stomiiform

English

Adjective

stomiiform (not comparable)

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

Noun

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).