Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Acanthopterygii

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​Acanthopterygii (from ἄκανθα, a thorn, and πτέρνξ, a wing), an order of fishes, having bony skeletons with prickly spinous processes in the dorsal fins.

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