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, 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
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Teleostei”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Teleostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Teleostei at the Tree of Life Web Project