Carangiformes
Translingual
Etymology
Caranx + -iformes
Proper noun
Carangiformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.
Synonyms
- (order): Carangoidei - suborder
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Carangidae (jack mackerels, trevallies), Coryphaenidae (dolphinfish), Echeneidae (remoras), Nematistiidae (roosterfish), Rachycentridae (cobia) - families
References
- Carangiformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Carangiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Carangiformes at Paleology Database
- 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