ostraciform
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Longhorn cowfish — Taxobox name = Longhorn cowfish image caption = A longhorn cowfish in Aquarium Finisterrae (Spain) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Tetraodontiformes familia = Ostraciidae genus = Lactoria species = L. cornuta… … Wikipedia
anguilliform — 1) eel like in shape 2) sinuous type of swimming as in an eel. See also carangiform, labriform, ostraciform, thunniform … Dictionary of ichthyology
carangiform — type of undulatory locomotion in which the body inscribes less than half a wavelength at any one time. See also anguilliform, labriform, ostraciform, thunniform … Dictionary of ichthyology
labriform — wrasse like, used to denote a form of locomotion using the pectoral and caudal fins only. See also anguilliform, carangiform, ostraciform, thunniform … Dictionary of ichthyology
thunniform — a form of swimming in fish involving very little body bending, thrust being generated by the tail powered by the myotome. Named for Thunnus. See also anguilliform, carangiform, labriform, ostraciform … Dictionary of ichthyology
