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Gonorynchiformes

Index Gonorynchiformes

The Gonorynchiformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the important food source, the milkfish (Chanos chanos, family Chanidae), and a number of lesser-known types, both marine and freshwater. [1]

48 relations: Actinopterygii, Aethalionopsis, Caeus, Carp, Chanidae, Chanopsis, Charitopsis (fish), Charitosomus, Coelogaster, Cretaceous, Cromeria, Cypriniformes, Dastilbe, Early Cretaceous, Eocene, Fresh water, Gonorynchidae, Gonorynchus, Grasseichthys gabonensis, Halecopsis, Hingemouth, Holocene, Judeichthys, Kneria, Kneriidae, Late Cretaceous, Lev Berg, Lusitanichthys, Milkfish, Miocene, Neogene, Neohalecopsis, Notogoneus, Ocean, Oligocene, Order (biology), Ostariophysi, Paleocene, Paleogene, Parakneria, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Quaternary, Ramallichthys, Rubiesichthys, Salminops, Tharrhias, Weberian apparatus.

Actinopterygii

Actinopterygii, or the ray-finned fishes, constitute a class or subclass of the bony fishes.

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Aethalionopsis

Aethalionopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

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Caeus

Caeus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

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Carp

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.

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Chanidae

Chanidae is a family of fishes which has a number of fossil genera and one monotypic extant genus which contains the milkfish (Chanos chanos).

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Chanopsis

Chanopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

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Charitopsis (fish)

Charitopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.

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Charitosomus

Charitosomus is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish.

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Coelogaster

Coelogaster is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived from the early to middle Eocene.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Cromeria

Cromeria is a small genus of fish in the Kneriidae family found in fresh waters in the Sudan, Mali, and Guinea in the Nile and Niger Rivers of Africa.

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Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches and relatives.

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Dastilbe

Dastilbe is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from the Aptian.

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Early Cretaceous

The Early Cretaceous/Middle Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Fresh water

Fresh water (or freshwater) is any naturally occurring water except seawater and brackish water.

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Gonorynchidae

Gonorynchidae is a family of the Gonorynchiformes which has a number of fossil taxa and one extant genus, Gonorynchus, the beaked salmons.

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Gonorynchus

Gonorynchus is a genus of long thin gonorynchiform ray-finned fish, commonly called beaked salmon or beaked sandfish that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines.

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Grasseichthys gabonensis

Grasseichthys gabonensis is an extremely small (around 2 cm) fish native to the Ivindo and Central Congo basins of Africa.

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Halecopsis

Halecopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Eocene.

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Hingemouth

The hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii) is a small freshwater fish that is found only in west central Africa, the sole member of the family Phractolaemidae.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Judeichthys

Judeichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.

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Kneria

Kneria is a genus of small fish in the family Kneriidae.

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Kneriidae

The Kneriidae are a small family of freshwater gonorhynchiform fishes native to Africa.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale.

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Lev Berg

Lev Semyonovich Berg (also known as Leo S. Berg) (Лев Семёнович Берг.; 14 March 1876, Bender – 24 December 1950, Leningrad) was a leading Russian geographer, biologist and ichthyologist who served as President of the Soviet Geographical Society between 1940 and 1950.

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Lusitanichthys

Lusitanichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian.

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Milkfish

The milkfish (Chanos chanos) is the sole living species in the family Chanidae.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Neogene

The Neogene (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya.

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Neohalecopsis

Neohalecopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Oligocene epoch.

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Notogoneus

Notogoneus is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Ostariophysi

Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya.

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Parakneria

Parakneria is a genus of fish in the family Kneriidae, with 14 species, all of which are restricted to Africa.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Quaternary

Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Ramallichthys

Ramallichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the lower Cenomanian.

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Rubiesichthys

Rubiesichthys is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.

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Salminops

Salminops is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Cenomanian known from USA and Portugal.

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Tharrhias

Tharrhias is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.

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Weberian apparatus

The Weberian apparatus is an anatomical structure that connects the swim bladder to the auditory system in fishes belonging to the superorder Ostariophysi.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonorynchiformes

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