Category:Plectognathi

Plec*to"gna*thi, n. pl. Etym: [nl., from gr. (zoöl.)

Defn: an order of fishes generally having the maxillary bone united With the premaxillary, and the articular united with the dentary.

Note: the upper jaw is immovably joined to the skull; the ventral Fins are rudimentary or wanting; and the body is covered with bony Plates, spines, or small rough ossicles, like shagreen. The order Includes the diodons, filefishes, globefishes, and trunkfishes.