'Ganoidei' definitions:
Definition of 'Ganoidei'
(from WordNet)
noun
A group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales [syn: Ganoidei, order Ganoidei]
Definition of 'Ganoidei'
From: GCIDE
- Ganoidei \Ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Ganoid.] (Zool.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. [1913 Webster]
- Note: They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon. [1913 Webster]