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Acanthopterygii

Index Acanthopterygii

Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. [1]

62 relations: Acanthuroidei, Actinopterygii, Anabantiformes, Anglerfish, Atheriniformes, Bass (fish), Batrachoididae, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Blennioidei, Brook silverside, Butterflyfish, Cetomimiformes, Cichlid, Cladogram, Climbing gourami, Cyprinodontiformes, Dory (fish), Fangtooth, Filefish, Flatfish, Flying fish, Gasterosteiformes, Gobiesociformes, Gobiiformes, Goby, Gourami, Holocentridae, Istiophoriformes, Killifish, Leiognathidae, Live-bearing aquarium fish, Mackerel, Monocentridae, Mullet (fish), Nurseryfish, Ophidiiformes, Order (biology), Perch, Perciformes, Percomorpha, Pipefish, Rabbitfish, Rainbowfish, Ridgehead, Scatophagidae, Scombroidei, Scorpaenidae, Scorpaeniformes, Seahorse, ..., Stephanoberyciformes, Stickleback, Swamp eel, Synbranchiformes, Syngnathiformes, Teleost, Tetraodontidae, Tetraodontiformes, Trachichthyiformes, Whiting (fish), Wrasse, Zeiformes. Expand index (12 more) »

Acanthuroidei

Acanthuroidei is a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish.

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Actinopterygii

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

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Anabantiformes

The Anabantiformes are an order of freshwater ray-finned fish with seven families (Pristolepididae, Badidae, Nandidae, Channidae, Anabantidae, Helostomatidae, and Osphronemidae) and having at least 252 species.

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Anglerfish

Anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes.

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Atheriniformes

The Atheriniformes, also known as the silversides, are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the Old World silversides and several less-familiar families, including the unusual Phallostethidae.

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Bass (fish)

Bass is a name shared by many species of fish.

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Batrachoididae

Batrachoididae is the only family in the ray-finned fish order Batrachoidiformes.

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Beloniformes

Beloniformes is an order composed of six families (and about 264 species) of freshwater and marine ray-finned fish.

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Beryciformes

The Beryciformes are a poorly-understood order of carnivorous ray-finned fishes consisting of 7 families, 30 genera, and 161 species.

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Blennioidei

Blenny (from the Greek ἡ βλέννα and τό βλέννος, mucus, slime) is a common name for a type of fish.

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Brook silverside

Labidesthes sicculus, also known as the Brook silverside is a North American species of Neotropical silverside.

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Butterflyfish

The butterflyfish are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfish and coralfish are also included in this group.

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Cetomimiformes

The Cetomimiformes or whalefishes are an order of small, deep-sea ray-finned fish.

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Cichlid

Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Climbing gourami

The Anabantidae are a family of perciform fish commonly called the climbing gouramies or climbing perches.

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Cyprinodontiformes

Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising mostly small, freshwater fish.

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Dory (fish)

The common name dory (from the Middle English dorre, from the Middle French doree, lit. "gilded one") is shared (officially and colloquially) by members of several different families of large-eyed, silvery, deep-bodied, laterally compressed, and roughly discoid marine fish.

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Fangtooth

Fangtooths are beryciform fish of the family Anoplogastridae (sometimes spelled "Anoplogasteridae") that live in the deep sea.

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Filefish

The filefish (Monacanthidae) are a diverse family of tropical to subtropical tetraodontiform marine fish, which are also known as foolfish, leatherjackets or shingles.

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Flatfish

A flatfish is a member of the order Pleuronectiformes of ray-finned demersal fishes, also called the Heterosomata, sometimes classified as a suborder of Perciformes.

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Flying fish

The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fishes in the order Beloniformes class Actinopterygii.

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Gasterosteiformes

Gasterosteiformes is an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the sticklebacks and relatives.

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Gobiesociformes

The Gobiesociformes are an order of ray-finned fish with only one known family, the clingfishes (Gobiesocidae).

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Gobiiformes

The Gobiiformes are an order of fish that includes the gobies.

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Goby

Gobies are fishes of the family Gobiidae, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera.

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Gourami

Gouramis, or gouramies, are a group of freshwater anabantiform fishes that comprise the family Osphronemidae.

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Holocentridae

Holocentridae is a family of ray-finned fish, belonging to the order Beryciformes with the members of the subfamily Holocentrinae typically known as squirrelfish, while the members of Myripristinae typically are known as soldierfish.

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Istiophoriformes

Istiophoriformes is an order of bony fish which is not recognised by some authorities while others include the two extant billfish families, Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae, and others include the barracudas, the family Sphyraenidae.

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Killifish

A killifish is any of various oviparous (egg-laying) cyprinodontiform fish (including families Aplocheilidae, Cyprinodontidae, Fundulidae, Profundulidae and Valenciidae).

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Leiognathidae

Leiognathidae, the ponyfishes, slipmouths or slimys / slimies, are a small family of fishes in the order Perciformes.

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Live-bearing aquarium fish

Live-bearing aquarium fish, often simply called livebearers, are fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young.

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Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly, but not exclusively, from the family Scombridae.

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Monocentridae

Pinecone fishes are small and unusual beryciform marine fish of the family Monocentridae.

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Mullet (fish)

The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water.

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Nurseryfish

Kurtus is a genus of perciform fishes, called the nurseryfishes, forehead brooders, or incubator fish, native to fresh, brackish and coastal marine waters ranging from India, through southeast Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.

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Ophidiiformes

Ophidiiformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes the cusk-eels (family Ophidiidae), pearlfishes (family Carapidae), brotulas (family Bythitidae), and others.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Percomorpha

The Percomorpha is a large clade of bony fish that includes the tuna, seahorses, gobies, cichlids, flatfish, wrasse, perches, anglerfish, and pufferfish.

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Pipefish

Pipefishes or pipe-fishes (Syngnathinae) are a subfamily of small fishes, which, together with the seahorses and seadragons, form the family Syngnathidae.

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Rabbitfish

Rabbitfishes or spinefoots are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae.

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Rainbowfish

The rainbowfish are a family (Melanotaeniidae) of small, colourful, freshwater fish found in northern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, islands in Cenderawasih Bay, and the Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia.

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Ridgehead

Ridgeheads, also known as bigscales, are a family (Melamphaidae, from the Greek melanos and amphi) of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish.

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Scatophagidae

The scats are a small family, Scatophagidae, of fishes in the order Perciformes.

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Scombroidei

Scombroidei is a suborder of the Perciformes, the largest order of fish.

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Scorpaenidae

Scorpaenidae (also known as the scorpionfish) are a family of mostly marine fish that includes many of the world's most venomous species.

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Scorpaeniformes

The Scorpaeniformes are a diverse order of ray-finned fish, including the well-known lionfish, but have also been called the Scleroparei.

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Seahorse

Seahorse (also written sea-horse and sea horse) is the name given to 54 species of small marine fishes in the genus Hippocampus.

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Stephanoberyciformes

The Stephanoberyciformes are an order of marine ray-finned fishes, consisting of about 68 species, the majority (61) of which belong to the ridgehead family (Melamphaidae).

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Stickleback

The Gasterosteidae are a family of fish including the sticklebacks.

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Swamp eel

The swamp eels (also written "swamp-eels") are a family (Synbranchidae) of freshwater eel-like fishes of the tropics and subtropics.

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Synbranchiformes

Synbranchiformes, often called swamp eels, is an order of ray-finned fishes that are eel-like but have spiny rays, indicating that they belong to the superorder Acanthopterygii.

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Syngnathiformes

The Syngnathiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes that includes the pipefishes and seahorses.

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Teleost

The teleosts or Teleostei (Greek: teleios, "complete" + osteon, "bone") are by far the largest infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, and make up 96% of all extant species of fish.

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Tetraodontidae

The Tetraodontidae are a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes.

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Tetraodontiformes

The Tetraodontiformes are an order of highly derived ray-finned fish, also called the Plectognathi.

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Trachichthyiformes

The Trachichthyiformes are an order of ray-finned fishes in the superorder Acanthopterygii.

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Whiting (fish)

A number of Actinopterygiian fish have been given the common name whiting.

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Wrasse

The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored.

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Zeiformes

The Zeiformes are a small order of marine ray-finned fishes most notable for the dories, a group of common food fish.

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References

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

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