Of or belonging to the Teleostei or Teleostomi, a large group of fishes with bony skeletons, including most common fishes. The teleosts are distinct from the cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, rays, and skates

The taxonomic classification of fish that have hard, bony skeletons is teleosts.

Ted Cavender has written:

'The caudal skeleton of the cretaceous teleosts Xiphactinus, Ichthvodectes, and Gillicus' -- subject(s): Fossil Osteichthyes, Paleontology

The term "true fish" would normally be applied to bony fish, technically known as teleosts. The cuttlefish is not a teleost, it is a cephalopod, which is a type of mollusc.

They eat

· Octopuses

· Teleosts fishes

· Crabs

· Goat fish

· Squirrel fish

· Eels

· Parrot fish

· Tiger fish

· Damselfish

· Surgeon fish