Teleostei
See also: teleostei
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Proper noun
Teleostei
- Most of the ray-finned fishes.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass[1]
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Osteoglossomorpha (bony tongues etc), Elopomorpha (tarpons and eels etc), Clupeomorpha (herrings), Ostariophysi (minnows, electric eels etc), Protocanthopterygii (salmon, pike etc), Stenopterygii (dragonfish etc), Cyclosquamata (lizardfish), Scopelomorpha (lanternfish), Lampridiomorpha (opahs), Polymyxiomorpha (beardfish), Paracanthopterygii (perch, cod etc), Acanthopterygii (mullet, sticklebacks etc) - superorders
- (class): Acanthuriformes, Albuliformes, Alepocephaliformes, Anabantiformes, Anguilliformes, Argentiniformes, Ateleopodiformes, Atheriniformes, Aulopiformes, Batrachoidiformes, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Blenniiformes, Carangiformes, Centrarchiformes, Characiformes, Cichliformes, Cirrhitiformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Elopiformes, Ephippiformes, Esociformes, Gadiformes, Galaxiiformes, Gobiiformes, Gonorynchiformes, Gymnotiformes, Hiodontiformes, Holocentriformes, Istiophoriformes, Kurtiformes, Labriformes, Lampridiformes, Lepidogalaxiiformes, Lobotiformes, Mugiliformes, Myctophiformes, Notacanthiformes, Ophidiiformes, Osmeriformes, Osteoglossiformes, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Percopsiformes, Pholidichthyiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Polymixiiformes, Salmoniformes, Scombriformes, Siluriformes, Spariformes, Stomiatiformes, Stylephoriformes, Synbranchiformes, Syngnathiformes, Terapontiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes, Zeiformes - orders[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei - infraclasses
- (class):Holostei, Chondrostei, Cladistia (Cladistei) - classes[1]
See also
- Teleostomi
References
- Teleostei in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
- Teleostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Teleostei at the Tree of Life Web Project
- 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