Acanthopterygii

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Acanthopterygii
Temporal range: Cenomanian–present
Labidesthes sicculus.jpg
Labidesthes sicculus
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Group of Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in Italy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Acanthomorpha
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Rosen & Patterson, 1969
Subdivisions

Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny-finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is often given to the class Actinopterygii as a whole.

Contents

The suborder includes the berycids and their allies, but by far the largest member of the group is the Percomorpha, the most diverse vertebrate clade.

Taxonomy

The following taxonomy is based on ECoF (2025), with subseries based on earlier studies: [1] [2] [3]

Phylogeny

The cladogram is based on Near et al., 2012 [4] and Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016. [5]

Acanthopterygii
Berycimorphaceae

Beryciformes (alfonsinos; whalefishes) FMIB 42601 Flammeo scythrops Jordan & Evermann Type 2.jpeg

Trachichthyiformes (pinecone fishes & slimeheads) Anoplogaster cornuta Brauer.jpg

Holocentrimorphaceae

Holocentriformes (Soldier fishes & squirrel fishes)

Percomorpha

Ophidiiformes (cusk-eels) Barathrites iris.jpg

Batrachoidiformes (toadfishes) Opsanus beta 1.jpg

Syngnathomorpharia

Scombroidei (tunas, mackerel) Scomber scombrus.png

Syngnathiformes (seahorses) Black Sea fauna Seahorse crop.jpg

Gobiomopharia

Kurtiformes (cardinalfishes; nurseryfishes)

Gobiiformes (gobies) Trimma naudei female 23.3 mm, Nha Trang, Vietnam.jpg

Carangimopharia
Percomorpharia

Labridae (wrasses) Novaculichthys taeniourus.jpg

Perciformes (perches, seabasses, sticklebacks, etc) Abborre, Iduns kokbok.jpg

Centrarchiformes (blackbasses, temperate perches) Micropterus salmoides.jpg

Pempheriformes (sweepers, banjofish) [6] Pempheris mangula Ford 42.jpg

Acanthuroidei (surgeonfishes), Leiognathidae (ponyfishes), Chaetodontidae (butterflyfishes) XRF-Acanthurus leucosternon.png

Siganidae (rabbitfishes), Scatophagidae (scats) Scatophagus argus Ford 29.jpg

Lophiiformes (anglerfishes) Humpback anglerfish.png

Tetraodontiformes (pufferfishes) Tetraodon-hispidus.jpg

References

  1. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  2. Sanciangco, Millicent D.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Betancur-R., Ricardo (2016-01-01). "Phylogenetic placement of enigmatic percomorph families (Teleostei: Percomorphaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 94: 565–576. Bibcode:2016MolPE..94..565S. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.10.006 . ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   26493227.
  3. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. Thomas J. Near; et al. (2012). "Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification". PNAS. 109 (34): 13698–13703. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10913698N. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1206625109 . PMC   3427055 . PMID   22869754.
  5. Betancur-Rodriguez; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin . Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  6. Davis, Matthew P.; Sparks, John S.; Smith, W. Leo (8 June 2016). "Repeated and Widespread Evolution of Bioluminescence in Marine Fishes". PLOS One . 11 (6): e0155154. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1155154D. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155154 . PMC   4898709 . PMID   27276229.

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