Myctophoidei

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Myctophoidei [mik·tə′fȯid·ē‚ī]

(vertebrate zoology)

A large suborder of marine salmoniform fishes characterized by having the upper jaw bordered only by premaxillae, and lacking a mesocoracoid arch in the pectoral girdle.

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