Teleostei

See also: teleostei

Translingual

Mugil cephalus
(superorder Acanthopterygii)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Proper noun

Teleostei

Most of the ray-finned fishes.
1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.^[1]

Hypernyms

(infraclass): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass
(class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass^[1]

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Osteoglossomorpha (bony tongues etc), Elopomorpha (tarpons and eels etc), Clupeomorpha (herrings), Ostariophysi (minnows, electric eels etc), Protocanthopterygii (salmon, pike etc), Stenopterygii (dragonfish etc), Cyclosquamata (lizardfish), Scopelomorpha (lanternfish), Lampridiomorpha (opahs), Polymyxiomorpha (beardfish), Paracanthopterygii (perch, cod etc), Acanthopterygii (mullet, sticklebacks etc) - superorders
(class): Acanthuriformes, Albuliformes, Alepocephaliformes, Anabantiformes, Anguilliformes, Argentiniformes, Ateleopodiformes, Atheriniformes, Aulopiformes, Batrachoidiformes, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Blenniiformes, Carangiformes, Centrarchiformes, Characiformes, Cichliformes, Cirrhitiformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Elopiformes, Ephippiformes, Esociformes, Gadiformes, Galaxiiformes, Gobiiformes, Gonorynchiformes, Gymnotiformes, Hiodontiformes, Holocentriformes, Istiophoriformes, Kurtiformes, Labriformes, Lampridiformes, Lepidogalaxiiformes, Lobotiformes, Mugiliformes, Myctophiformes, Notacanthiformes, Ophidiiformes, Osmeriformes, Osteoglossiformes, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Percopsiformes, Pholidichthyiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Polymixiiformes, Salmoniformes, Scombriformes, Siluriformes, Spariformes, Stomiatiformes, Stylephoriformes, Synbranchiformes, Syngnathiformes, Terapontiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes, Zeiformes - orders^[1]

Coordinate terms

(infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei - infraclasses
(class): Holostei, Chondrostei, Cladistia (Cladistei) - classes^[1]

See also

Teleostomi

References

Teleostei in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Teleostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Teleostei at the Tree of Life Web Project

1 2 3 4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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