a. and sb. Ichth. [As prec. + -AN.] A. adj. = prec. 1. B. sb. A subbrachiate fish; one of the Subbrachiati (formerly -ata).
1843. Brande, Dict. Sci., etc., 1183. Subbrachians, the name of the order of Malacopterygious fishes comprising those which have the ventral fins situated either immediately beneath and between, or a little in front or behind the pectoral fins.
a. 1843. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845), VII. 293/2. The Fish is designated Jugular or Subbrachian when the ventral fins are immediately beneath the pectoral and connected with their girdle, as the Cod.
So Subbrachiate [mod. L. subbrachiātus].
1859. Mayne, Expos. Lex., Subbrachiatus,… subbrachiate.
