loading...| Preferred Name |
Actinopterygii |
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| Synonyms |
ray-finned fishes|bony fishes|Actinopterygii |
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| ID |
http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_482 |
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| abbrev | ||
| class_or_indiv |
true |
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| definition |
* A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleton, and elongated bodies covered with scales. (MSH) * A vertebrate animal usually having fins and a covering of scales or plates. It breathes by means of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. (from Webster, 1913) (NCI) * any of numerous cold-blooded strictly aquatic craniate vertebrates that include the bony fishes and usually the cartilaginous and jawless fishes and that have typically an elongated somewhat spindle-shaped body terminating in a broad caudal fin, limbs in the form of fins when present at all, and a 2-chambered heart by which blood is sent through thoracic gills to be oxygenated. (CSP) |
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| external_id_urls | ||
| external_ids |
umlsCUI:C0998822|ncbiTaxUID:7898|gbifUID:13140964|gbifTaxonKeyUID:62370 |
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| label |
Actinopterygii |
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| mod_date |
2007-07-27 |
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| preferred_label |
Actinopterygii |
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| prefixIRI |
birnlex_482 |
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| retired |
false |
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| synonyms |
ray-finned fishes|bony fishes|Actinopterygii |
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| subClassOf |
http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_188 |