Hiodontidae


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Related to Hiodontidae: mooneye, Hiodon alosoides

Hiodontidae

[‚hī·ə′dänt·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
A family of tropical, fresh-water actinopterygian fishes in the order Osteoglossiformes containing the mooneyes of North America.
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