acanthopterygian vs scorpaenoid fish

scorpaenoid fish vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and scorpaenoid fish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acanthopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
scorpaenoid fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, scorpaenoid fish is a hyponym of acanthopterygian; that is, scorpaenoid fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acanthopterygian:

acanthopterygian: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
scorpaenoid fish: fishes having the head armored with bony plates

Other hyponyms of acanthopterygian include squirrelfish, anomalops, flashlight fish, flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratus, dory, boarfish, Capros aper, boarfish, prickleback, stickleback, batfish, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, Opsanus tau, toadfish, frogfish, sargassum fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, remora, suckerfish, sucking fish, silverside, silversides, barracuda, launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, plectognath, plectognath fish, flatfish.

acanthopterygian (noun)	scorpaenoid fish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	fishes having the head armored with bony plates

Difference between acanthopterygian and scorpaenoid fish

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