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Definition: Acanthopterygii

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Acanthopterygii" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Acanthopterygii \Ac`an*thop`ter*yg"i*i\, plural noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression thorn fin, diminutive from wing.]. (references)

Common Expressions: Acanthopterygii

Expressions Definition
Superorder Acanthopterygii Teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Acanthopterygii

Acanthopterygii

Acanthopterygii
Labidesthes sicculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Orders

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Acanthopterygii is the name of a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. It includes the teleost bony fishes, with characteristic sharp bony rays.

Orders:

  • Order Mugiliformes, the mullets
  • Order Atheriniformes, including silversides and rainbowfishes
  • Order Beloniformes, including the flyingfishes
  • Order Cetomimiformes, the whalefishes
  • Order Cyprinodontiformes, including livebearers, killifishes
  • Order Stephanoberyciformes, including the ridgeheads
  • Order Beryciformes, including the fangtooths and pineconefishes
  • Order Zeiformes, including the dories
  • Order Gobiesociformes, the clingfishes[1]
  • Order Gasterosteiformes including sticklebacks, pipefishes, seahorses
  • Order Syngnathiformes, including the seahorses and pipefishes [2]
  • Order Synbranchiformes, including the swamp eels
  • Order Tetraodontiformes, including the filefishes and pufferfish
  • Order Pleuronectiformes, the flatfishes
  • Order Scorpaeniformes, including scorpionfishes and the weaver fish
  • Order Perciformes 40% of all fish including anabantids, bass, cichlids, gobies, gouramis, mackerel, perches, scats, whiting, wrasses

Notes

  1. In ITIS, Gobiesociformes is placed as the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Perciformes.
  2. In ITIS, Syngnathiformes is placed as the suborder Syngnathoidei of the order Gasterosteiformes.

Sources


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Acanthopterygii". Image Credit.
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Synonyms: Acanthopterygii
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Other

 Acanthopteri.

Expression

 superorder Acanthopterygii.
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