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Actinopterygii. Actinopterygii (/ ˌæktɪnɒptəˈrɪdʒiaɪ /; from actino- 'having rays' and Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish [ 2 ] that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. [ 3 ]
Teleost. Teleostei (/ ˌtɛliˈɒstiaɪ /; Greek teleios "complete" + osteon "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts (/ ˈtɛliɒsts, ˈtiːli -/), [ 4 ] is, by far, the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, [ a ] and contains 96% of all extant species of fish. Teleosts are arranged into about 40 orders ...
Acanthopterygii. Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is often given to the class Actinopterygii as a whole.
Holacanthus diacanthus (Boddaert, 1772) The royal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus), or regal angelfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a marine angelfish belonging to the family Pomacanthidae, and the monotypic genus Pygoplites. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans. It can grow as long as 25 cm (9.8 in).
Cypriniformes. Cypriniformes / sɪˈprɪnɪfɔːrmiːz / is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid (carps and their kin) fish, such as barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, and minnows (among others). Cypriniformes is an “order-within-an-order”, placed under the superorder Ostariophysi —which is also ...
Tetraodontiformes (/ t ɛ t r ə. ɒ ˈ d ɒ n t ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), also known as the Plectognathi, is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the pufferfishes and related taxa. This order has been classified as a suborder of the order Perciformes, although recent studies have found that it, as the Tetraodontoidei, is a sister taxon to the anglerfish order Lophiiformes, called ...
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883[1] Genera. see text. Peristediidae, the armored sea robins or armoured gurnards, is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the deep water in the tropical and warm temperate of the world's oceans.
Fish portal; Actinopteri (/ æ k t ɪ ˈ n ɒ p t ə r aɪ /) is the sister group of Cladistia in the class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish).. Dating back to the Permian period, the Actinopteri comprise the Chondrostei (sturgeons and paddlefish), the Holostei (bowfins and gars), and the teleosts; in other words, all extant ray-finned fish other than the bichirs.