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Pages in category "Fish superorders" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acanthopterygii;
Fishes are a paraphyletic group and for this reason, the class Pisces seen in older reference works is no longer used in formal taxonomy.Traditional classification divides fish into three extant classes (Agnatha, Chondrichthyes, and Osteichthyes), and with extinct forms sometimes classified within those groups, sometimes as their own classes: [1]
Batomorphi is a clade of cartilaginous fishes, commonly known as rays, this taxon is also known as the superorder Batoidea, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies it as the division Batomorphi. [2]
Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish.Members of this superorder are called ostariophysians.This diverse group contains 10,758 species, about 28% of known fish species in the world and 68% of freshwater species, and are present on all continents except Antarctica.
The phylogenetic classification of bony fishes is a phylogenetic classification of bony fishes and is based on phylogenies inferred using molecular and genomic data for nearly 2000 fishes.
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilagineous fish - sharks and rays) Class Osteichthyes (bony fish), which has two subclasses: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) Full details of higher order fish taxonomy can be found in the Chordata article.
Perciformes Temporal range: Early Paleocene–recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Clade: Percomorpha Order: Perciformes Bleeker, 1863 Type species Perca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 1758 Suborders See text Perciformes, also called the Acanthopteri, is an order ...
Taxonomic rank is a classification level in biological taxonomy, such as species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, and kingdom.