Polypteriformes
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Nile_bichir.png.webp)
Etymology
Polypterus + -iformes
Proper noun
Polypteriformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Cladistia – the bichirs.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Cladistia - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Polypteridae - the only family
References
Polypteriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Polypteriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Polypteriformes 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521