Definition of Order discocephali

1. Noun. Small order of fishes comprising the remoras.

Exact synonyms: Discocephali
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Acanthopterygii, Superorder Acanthopterygii
Member holonyms: Echeneididae, Family Echeneidae, Family Echeneididae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Discocephali

order Cyclostomata
order Cydippea
order Cydippida
order Cydippidea
order Cypriniformes
order Decapoda
order Dermaptera
order Dermoptera
order Diapensiales
order Dicranales
order Dictyoptera
order Dinocerata
order Dinoflagellata
order Dinornithiformes
order Diptera
order Discocephali
order Ebenales
order Edentata
order Embiodea
order Embioptera
order Endomycetales
order Entomophthorales
order Ephemerida
order Ephemeroptera
order Equisetales
order Ericales
order Erysiphales
order Eubacteriales
order Eubryales
order Euphausiacea

Literary usage of Order discocephali

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular Zoology by Joel Dorman Steele, John Whipple Potter Jenks (1887)
"The Cod holds the proud distinction of having the greatest economical value of any fish. order discocephali (dis ko ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... and order Discocephali. The top of the head is provided with a peculiar sucking disk, a modification of the spinous dorsal fin, composed of a series of ..."

3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"... or referred to a special sub-order Discocephali. The great peculiarity is the suctorial disc on the dorsal surface of the head. ..."

4. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Eugene Willis Gudger, American Museum of Natural History, Arthur Wilbur Henn (1917)
"1912.1 - The anatomy and classification of the teleostean fishes of the order Discocephali. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1912, 8. ser. 10634-637. 2 figs. ..."

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