Istiophoriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Istiophorus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Istiophoriformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – billfishes.

Synonyms

• Xiphoidei - suborder in Perciformes

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Xiphiidae (swordfish), Istiophoridas (billfishes) - extant families always included; Sphyraenidae (barracudas) - extant family sometimes included recently; †Hemingwayidae, †Palaeorhynchidae, †Blochiidae - extinct families

References

• Istiophoriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Istiophoriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Istiophoriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Xiphoidei at World Register of Marine Species
• Istiophoriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Istiophoriformes at Paleobiology Database

• 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