Atheriniformes
Translingual
Etymology
Atherina + -iformes
Proper noun
Atheriniformes
- The flyingfishes, needlefishes, killifishes, silversides and related fishes
- A taxonomic order within the superorder Acanthopterygii.
- 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 
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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521