Holostei

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Proper noun

Holostei

Bony fish with primitive characteristics; the bowfin and the gars
1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.[1]

Usage notes

A paraphyletic group, likely to be reclassified.

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): Amiiformes, Lepisosteiformes[1]; †Macrosemiiformes, †Semionotiformes - orders

Coordinate terms

(class): Chondrostei, Cladistei (=Cladistia), Teleostei - classes in Actinopterygii[1]

References

Holostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Holostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Holostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Holostei at World Register of Marine Species

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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