spiny-finned fish vs plectognath fish

plectognath fish vs spiny-finned fish

spiny-finned fish and plectognath fish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiny-finned fish	Yes	No	No	No
plectognath fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, plectognath fish is a hyponym of spiny-finned fish; that is, plectognath fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spiny-finned fish:

spiny-finned fish: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
plectognath fish: tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

Other hyponyms of spiny-finned fish 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, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, flatfish.

spiny-finned fish (noun)	plectognath fish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines

Difference between spiny-finned fish and plectognath fish

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