Osmeriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Osmerus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Osmeriformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – freshwater smelts and closely related fish.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

(order): Osmeridae (smelts), Plecoglossidae (ayu or sweetfish), Retropinnidae (New Zealand smelts), Salangidae (icefishes or noodlefishes) - families

References

Osmeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Osmeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Osmeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Osmeriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Osmeriformes at World Register of Marine Species
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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