Teleostei

See also: teleostei

Translingual

Mugil cephalus
(superorder Acanthopterygii)

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Proper noun

Teleostei

1. Most of the ray-finned fishes.
   1. A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii.
   2. A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.

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

Hyponyms

• (infraclass): Osteoglossomorpha (bony tongues, etc), Elopomorpha (tarpons, eels, etc), Clupeomorpha (herrings), Ostariophysi (minnows, electric eels, etc), Protocanthopterygii (salmon, pike, etc), Stenopterygii (dragonfish, etc), Cyclosquamata (lizardfish), Scopelomorpha (lanternfish), Lampridiomorpha (opahs), Polymyxiomorpha (beardfish), Paracanthopterygii (perch, cod, etc), Acanthopterygii (mullet, sticklebacks, etc) – superorders
• (class): Acanthuriformes, Albuliformes, Alepocephaliformes, Anabantiformes, Anguilliformes, Argentiniformes, Ateleopodiformes, Atheriniformes, Aulopiformes, Batrachoidiformes, Beloniformes, Beryciformes, Blenniiformes, Carangiformes, Centrarchiformes, Characiformes, Cichliformes, Cirrhitiformes, Clupeiformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Elopiformes, Ephippiformes, Esociformes, Gadiformes, Galaxiiformes, Gobiiformes, Gonorynchiformes, Gymnotiformes, Hiodontiformes, Holocentriformes, Istiophoriformes, Kurtiformes, Labriformes, Lampridiformes, Lepidogalaxiiformes, Lobotiformes, Mugiliformes, Myctophiformes, Notacanthiformes, Ophidiiformes, Osmeriformes, Osteoglossiformes, Pempheriformes, Perciformes, Percopsiformes, Pholidichthyiformes, Pleuronectiformes, Polymixiiformes, Salmoniformes, Scombriformes, Siluriformes, Spariformes, Stomiatiformes, Stylephoriformes, Synbranchiformes, Syngnathiformes, Terapontiformes, Tetraodontiformes, Uranoscopiformes, Zeiformes – orders

Coordinate terms

• (infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei – infraclasses
• (class): Holostei, Chondrostei, Cladistia (Cladistei) – classes

See also

• Teleostomi

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Teleostei”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Teleostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Teleostei at the Tree of Life Web Project