a. Ichth. [SOFT a. 29.] Having soft fins.
1774. Goldsm., Nat. Hist., VI. 303. The fish … that have soft or cartilaginous fins, are called, Soft Finned Fish.
1851. Gosse, Nat. Hist. Fishes, 200. The Soft-finned Fishes are, in general, inferior to the Spinous-finned in [etc.].
1896. Lydekker, Roy. Nat. Hist., V. 395. These spiny-finned eels are an exact analogue of the true soft-finned eels. Ibid., 430. The Soft-finned Fishes,—Suborder Anacanthini.
