Beloniformes

Translingual

Etymology

Belone +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Beloniformes

The needlefishes and related fishes, such as ricefishes, flyingfishes, halfbeaks, and sauries.
1. A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii.
2. 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

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