Beloniformes
Translingual
Etymology
Belone + -iformes
Proper noun
Beloniformes
- The needlefishes and related fishes, such as ricefishes, flyingfishes, halfbeaks, and sauries.
- A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii.
- 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 Teleostei): Adrianichthyidae (ricefish and medakas), Belonidae (needlefish), Exocoetidae (flyingfishes), Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks), Scomberesocidae (sauries), Zenarchopteridae (viviparous halfbeaks) - families[1]
References
Beloniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Beloniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Beloniformes 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