Acanthopterygii
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Acanthopterygii (meanin "spiny finned ane") is a superorder o bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. Members o this superorder are kent as the ray-finned fishes an aa for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in thair fins; however this name is eften gien tae the class Actinopterygii as a whole an aa.
| Acanthopterygii | |
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| Labidesthes sicculus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Actinopterygii |
| (unranked): | Acanthomorpha |
| Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
| Orders | |
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Orders:
- Order Mugiliformes, the mullets
- Order Atheriniformes, includin silversides an rainbowfishes
- Order Beloniformes, includin the flyingfishes
- Order Cetomimiformes, the whalefishes
- Order Cyprinodontiformes, includin livebearers, killifishes
- Order Stephanoberyciformes, includin the ridgeheads
- Order Beryciformes, includin the fangtooths an pineconefishes
- Order Zeiformes, includin the dories
- Order Gobiesociformes, the clingfishes[1]
- Order Gasterosteiformes includin the sticklebacks
- Order Syngnathiformes, includin the seahorses an pipefishes [2]
- Order Synbranchiformes, includin the swamp eels
- Order Tetraodontiformes, includin the filefishes an pufferfishes
- Order Pleuronectiformes, the flatfishes
- Order Scorpaeniformes, includin scorpionfishes an the weaver fishes
- Order Perciformes 40% o aw fishes includin anabantids, basses, cichlids, gobies, gouramis, mackerels, perches, scats, whitings, wrasses
NotesEdit
- ↑ In ITIS, Gobiesociformes is placed as the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Perciformes.
- ↑ In ITIS, Syngnathiformes is placed as the suborder Syngnathoidei of the order Gasterosteiformes.