Atheriniformes

Translingual

Etymology

Atherina +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Atheriniformes

The flyingfishes, needlefishes, killifishes, silversides and related fishes
1. A taxonomic order within the superorder Acanthopterygii.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.[1]

Hypernyms

(order in Teleostei): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class[1]

Hyponyms

(order in Acanthopterygii): Atherinoidei, Bedotioidei, Melanotaenioidei - suborders
(order in Teleostei): Atherinidae, Atherinopsidae, Bedotiidae, Dentatherinidae, Isonidae, Melanotaeniidae, Notocheiridae, Phallostethidae, Pseudomugilidae, Telmatherinidae[1]

References

Atheriniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Atheriniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Atheriniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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