Beloniformes

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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
Category:Beloniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 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. PMID 25923521, →DOI

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