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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]
[1] [2] [3] The first version was published in 2013 and resolved 66 orders. [2] The latest version (version 4) was published in 2017 and recognised 72 orders and 79 suborders. [ 3 ]
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.
Jawless fish orders (1 C, 2 P) R. Ray-finned fish orders (1 C, 57 P) Pages in category "Fish orders" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Perciformes (/ ˈ p ɜːr s ɪ ˌ f ɔːr m iː z /), also called the Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish in the clade Percomorpha. Perciformes means " perch -like". Among the well-known members of this group are perch and darters ( Percidae ), sea bass and groupers ( Serranidae ).
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.