Acanthopterygii

Acanthopterygii
Brook silverside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Acanthomorpha
Superorder:	Acanthopterygii
Orders
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Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny-finned one" ) is a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes by other people for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins. That refers to the Actinopterygii. They are referred to as spiny-finned fishes.

Taxonomy

The superorder Acanthopterygii contains the following orders:

• Series Berycida
  • Order Beryciformes, alfonsinos, whalefishes and pricklefishes
  • Order Trachichthyiformes, pinecone fishes and slimeheads or roughies
  • Holocentriformes, soldier fishes and squirrel fishes
• Series Percomorpha
  • Subseries Ophidiida
    • Order Ophidiiformes, cusk-eels
  • Subseries Batrachoidida
    • Order Batrachoidiformes, toadfishes
  • Subseries Gobiida
    • Order Kurtiformes, nurseryfishes and cardinalfishes
    • Order Gobiiformes, gobies
  • Subseries Ovalentaria
    • Order Mugiliformes, the mullets
    • Order Cichliformes, cichlids
    • Order Blenniiformes, blennies
    • Order Gobiesociformes, the clingfishes
    • Order Atheriniformes, including silversides and rainbowfishes
    • Order Beloniformes, including the flyingfishes
    • Order Cyprinodontiformes, including livebearers, killifishes
  • Subseries incertae sedis
    • Order Synbranchiformes, including the swamp eels
    • Order Carangiformes, jacks and trevallies
    • Order Istiophoriformes, barracudas and billfishes
    • Order Anabantiformes, labyrinth fishes
    • Order Pleuronectiformes, the flatfishes
  • Subseries incertae sedis
    • Order Syngnathiformes, including the seahorses and pipefishes
    • Order Icosteiformes, the ragfish
    • Order Callionymiformes, dragonets and slope dragonets
    • Order Scombriformes, mackerels and tuna
    • Order Trachiniformes, including sandfishes and relatives
    • Order Labriformes, wrasses and relatives
    • Order Perciformes, diverse order including perches, basses, gouramis, scats, whitings, sticklebacks and snappers
    • Order Scorpaeniformes, including the scorpionfishes
    • Order Moroniformes, temperate basses, sicklefishes and spadefishes
    • Order Acanthuriformes, surgeonfishes and relatives
    • Order Spariformes, breams and porgies
    • Order Caproiformes, boarfishes
    • Order Lophiiformes, anglerfishes
    • Order Tetraodontiformes, plectognaths including the filefishes and pufferfishes

References

1. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6
2. Betancur-Rodriguez; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.