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Actinopterygii Klein, 1885 “ray-finned fishes”







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Common Names


Ray-finned Fish

 

Latin Synonyms


 

 

Linnaean Rank


Class

 

Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Teleostomi Acanthodii
Euteleostomi Actinopterygii
Sarcopterygii Actinistia
Dipnoi
Tetrapodomorpha Rhizodontidae
Osteolepiformes
Panderichthyida
Tetrapoda
Tetrapodomorpha inc sed.

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

 

 

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthokonta, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Deuterostomia, Cyrtotreta, Chordata, Notochordata, Vertebrata, Gnathostomata, Teleostomi, Euteleostomi

 

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy


 

Actinopterygii Polypteriformes
  Chondrostei "†Basal Chondrosteans"
Acipenseriformes Polyodontidae
Acipenseridae
Neopterygii Lepisosteiformes
Semionotiformes
Pycnodontiformes
Macrosemiiformes
Pachycormiformes
Aspidorhynchiformes
Halecostomi Halecomorphi
Teleostei

 

Explanation of phylogenetic trees

 

List of Teleostome fish orders

 

Morphology


 

 

Distribution


 

 

Ecology


 

 

Ethology


 

 

Evolution


 

 

Development


 

 

Ethnobiology


 

 

Population


 

 

Notes and Comments


 

 

References


Literature

Nelson, Joseph S. 2006.  Fishes of the world.  4th ed.  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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