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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A small sub-order of fishes which contains only two genera: a singular archaic group which has fin-spines, ctenoid scales, and the teeth only on the pre-maxillary, like the Acanthopteri, and adipose fin, naked head, and abdominal ventrals, like the Isospondyli.

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