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 
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521