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Osteichthyes
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Diverse group of vertebrates with skeletons of bone rather than cartilage
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Osteichthyes ( ost-ee-IK-theez; from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon) 'bone' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) 'fish'), also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse clade of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) and...

Instance of
Taxon
Synonym (taxonomy)
Subclass of
Fish
Parent taxon
Eugnathostomata
References
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