Teleostei
See also: teleostei
Translingual
(superorder Acanthopterygii)
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).
Proper noun
Teleostei
- Most of the ray-finned fishes.
- A taxonomic infraclass within the class Actinopteri.
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Actinopterygii.[1]
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass
- (class): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass[1]
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[1]
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei – infraclasses
- (class): Holostei, Chondrostei, Cladistia (Cladistei) – classes[1]
See also
References
Teleostei on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Teleostei on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Teleostei on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Teleostei at the Open Tree of Life Web Project
- Teleostei at the Tree of Life Web Project
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “Teleostei”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.