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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish) Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish, including tetrapods) Osteichthyes (/ ˌɒstiːˈɪkθiːz / ost-ee-IK-theez), [2] also known as osteichthyans or commonly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of vertebrate animals that have endoskeletons primarily composed of bone tissue.
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 ...
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 ]
The jawed fish that are still extant in modern days also appeared during the late Silurian: the Chondrichthyes (or cartilaginous fish) and the Osteichthyes (or bony fish). The bony fish evolved into two separate groups: the Actinopterygii (or ray-finned fish) and Sarcopterygii (which includes the lobe-finned fish).
Osteichthyes (bone-fish) or bony fishes are a taxonomic group of fish that have bone, as opposed to cartilaginous skeletons. The vast majority of fish are osteichthyes, which is an extremely diverse and abundant group consisting of 45 orders, with over 435 families and 28,000 species. [21] It is the largest class of vertebrates in existence today.
The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is one of the largest bony fish in the world. It is the type species of the genus Mola, and one of five extant species in the family Molidae. [6][7] It was once misidentified as the heaviest bony fish, which was actually a different and closely related species of sunfish, Mola alexandrini. [8]
Chondrichthyes (/ kɒnˈdrɪkθiiːz /; from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros) 'cartilage' and ἰχθύς (ikhthús) 'fish') is a class of jawed fish that contains the cartilaginous fish or chondrichthyans, which all have skeletons primarily composed of cartilage. They can be contrasted with the Osteichthyes or bony fish, which have ...
The bowfin (Amia calva) is a bony fish, native to North America. Common names include mudfish, mud pike, dogfish, grindle, grinnel, swamp trout, and choupique. It is regarded as a relict, being one of only two surviving species of the Halecomorphi, a group of fish that first appeared during the Early Triassic, around 250 million years ago.