Ichth. [ad. mod.L. teleostom-us, f. TELEO-1 + Gr. στόμα mouth.] A fish of the division Teleostomi (Th. Gill, 1872), including the teleosts and ganoids (i.e., all the higher fishes), characterized by well-developed maxillary, dentary, and membrane bones. So Teleostomate, Teleostomatous, Teleostomous adjs., belonging to or having the characters of the Teleostomi.
1889. E. D. Cope, in Amer. Nat., XXIII. I. March, 149. The characters of the median fins are those of a primitive Teleostome, as seen in some Crossopterygia.
1896. H. Woodward, Guide Fossil Reptiles Brit. Mus., 109. A break in the series of Teleostomatous fishes.
1900. Nature, 20 Sept., 505/2. The Crossopterygii are a group of Teleostomous fishes. Ibid. (1901), 14 Nov., 38/1. The difference between the typically meroblastic egg of the shark and the holoblastic egg of such a teleostome as the sturgeon.
