Xenopterygii


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Xe`nop`te`ryg´i`i


n. pl.1.(Zool.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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A monograph of the clingfishes (order Xenopterygii).
Overlap of mountain clingfish (Gobiesox fluviatilis) and Mexican clingfish (Gobiesox mexicanus) in the Cuitzmala River, Jalisco, Mexico
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