Labyrinthici

plural noun

Lab·​y·​rin·​thi·​ci

in former classifications

: an order of freshwater and brackish water fishes chiefly of southeastern Asia that are now usually included among the Percomorphi and that are adapted to meet unfavorable conditions by a labyrinthine outpocketing of the gill chamber permitting them to take oxygen from the air as well as from water compare anabas , labyrinth fish

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from plural of Late Latin labyrinthicus of a labyrinth, labyrinthine

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