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  2. Taxonomy of fish - Wikipedia

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    Superclass Osteichthyes (bony fish) Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Subclass Chondrostei. Order Acipenseriformes (sturgeons and paddlefishes) Order Polypteriformes (reedfishes and bichirs). Subclass Neopterygii. Infraclass Holostei (gars and bowfins) Infraclass Teleostei (many orders of common fish)

  3. Fish - Wikipedia

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    A fish (pl.: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.Fish can be grouped into the more basal jawless fish and the more common jawed fish, the latter including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians.

  4. List of fish common names - Wikipedia

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    Angler catfish (genus Chaca) Anglerfish (order Lophiiformes) Antarctic cod. Antarctic icefish (suborder Notothenioidei of order Perciformes) Antenna codlet (Bregmaceros atlanticus) Arapaima (genus Arapaima) Archerfish (genus Toxotes and family Toxotidae) Arctic char. Armored gurnard (family Peristediidae)

  5. List of chordate orders - Wikipedia

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    Order Perciformes 40% of all fish including anabantids, centrarchids (incl. bass and sunfish), cichlids, gobies, gouramis, mackerel, perches, scats, whiting, wrasses Class Sarcopterygii : Lobe-finned fish

  6. Category:Fish by classification - Wikipedia

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    Class Myxini - hagfish. Class Cephalaspidomorphi - lampreys. Superclass Gnathostomata Vertebrates with jaws. 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 ...

  7. Order (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Order (Latin: ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes. An immediately higher rank, superorder, is sometimes added ...

  8. Gobiiformes - Wikipedia

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    Oxudercidae. Gobiidae [1] The Gobiiformes / ˈɡoʊbi.ɪfɔːrmiːz / are an order of fish that includes the gobies and their relatives. [1][2] The order, which was previously considered a suborder of Perciformes, is made up of about 2,211 species that are divided between seven families. Phylogenetic relationships of the Gobiiformes have been ...

  9. Syngnathiformes - Wikipedia

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    Syngnathiformes. The Syngnathiformes / ˈsɪŋ (ɡ) nəθɪfɔːrmiːz / are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the leafy seadragons, sea moths, trumpetfishes and seahorses, among others. [2] These fishes have generally elongate, narrow bodies surrounded by a series of bony rings, with small, tubular mouths. The shape of their mouth ...