[lohb-find] 
| any fish that has rounded scales and lobed fins, as the coelacanth. |
| lobe-finned fish (lōb'fĭnd') n. A member of the subclass Crossopterygii, a group of bony fishes with paired rounded fins, suggesting limbs, that are extinct except for the coelacanths. The lobe-finned fishes are regarded by some as ancestors of amphibians and other terrestrial vertebrates. Also called crossopterygian, lobefin. |