Definition of animal order Animal order
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| animal order - the order of animals | ||
| order the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement; "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list" | ||
| animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | ||
| eubacteriales, order eubacteriales one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes | ||
| order pseudomonadales, pseudomonadales one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments | ||
| order rickettsiales, rickettsiales pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms | ||
| mycoplasmatales, order mycoplasmatales coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae | ||
| actinomycetales, order actinomycetales filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria | ||
| myxobacterales, myxobacteriales, order myxobacterales, order myxobacteria, order myxobacteriales an order of higher bacteria | ||
| order spirochaetales, spirochaetales higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms | ||
| heliozoa, order heliozoa mostly freshwater protozoa | ||
| order radiolaria, radiolaria marine protozoa | ||
| amoebida, amoebina, order amoebida, order amoebina the animal order including amoebas | ||
| foraminifera, order foraminifera foraminifers | ||
| order testacea, testacea testacean rhizopods | ||
| fucales, order fucales coextensive with the family Fucaceae | ||
| order zygnemales, order zygnematales, zygnemales, zygnematales pond scums; desmids | ||
| cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta | ||
| hypermastigina, order hypermastigina cellulose-producing flagellates | ||
| order polymastigina, polymastigina small usually parasitic flagellates | ||
| coccidia, order coccidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia | ||
| gregarinida, order gregarinida an order in the subclass Telosporidia | ||
| haemosporidia, order haemosporidia an order in the subclass Telosporidia | ||
| order sarcosporidia, sarcosporidia imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates | ||
| haplosporidia, order haplosporidia an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia | ||
| actinomyxidia, order actinomyxidia parasites of worms | ||
| mycrosporidia, order mycrosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia | ||
| myxosporidia, order myxosporidia an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia | ||
| malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays | ||
| cypriniformes, order cypriniformes an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi | ||
| berycomorphi, order berycomorphi an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii | ||
| order zeomorphi, zeomorphi dories | ||
| order solenichthyes, solenichthyes bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout | ||
| order ostracodermi, ostracodermi extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear | ||
| heterostraci, suborder heterostraci extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear | ||
| cephalaspida, osteostraci, suborder cephalaspida, suborder osteostraci extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear | ||
| anaspida, order anaspida extinct order of jawless vertebrates | ||
| conodonta, conodontophorida, order conodonta, order conodontophorida extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum | ||
| cyclostomata, order cyclostomata primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes | ||
| hyperoartia, petromyzoniformes, suborder hyperoartia, suborder petromyzoniformes lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes | ||
| hyperotreta, myxiniformes, myxinoidea, myxinoidei, suborder hyperotreta, suborder myxiniformes, suborder myxinoidei hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys | ||
| order torpediniformes, torpediniformes rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes | ||
| batoidei, order batoidei, order rajiformes, rajiformes fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes | ||
| ratitae, superorder ratitae used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders | ||
| order struthioniformes, struthioniformes a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward | ||
| casuariiformes, order casuariiformes a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus | ||
| apterygiformes, order apterygiformes a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis | ||
| order rheiformes, rheiformes a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas | ||
| aepyorniformes, order aepyorniformes huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds | ||
| dinornithiformes, order dinornithiformes a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand | ||
| insessores, order insessores, perching bird, percher a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists | ||
| order passeriformes, passeriformes largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres | ||
| oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres two names for the suborder of typical songbirds | ||
| menurae, suborder menurae lyrebirds and scrubbirds | ||
| eurylaimi, suborder eurylaimi broadbills | ||
| suborder tyranni, tyranni New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers | ||
| clamatores, suborder clamatores used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds | ||
| order raptores, raptores term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes | ||
| falconiformes, order falconiformes chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures | ||
| order strigiformes, strigiformes owls | ||
| caudata, order caudata, order urodella, urodella salamanders; newts; congo snakes | ||
| anura, batrachia, order anura, order batrachia, order salientia, salientia frogs, toads, tree toads | ||
| gymnophiona, order gymnophiona an order of amphibians including caecilians | ||
| labyrinthodonta, labyrinthodontia, superorder labyrinthodonta, superorder labyrinthodontia extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic | ||
| order stereospondyli, stereospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece; "most vertebrates are stereospondylous" | ||
| order stegocephalia, stegocephalia in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia | ||
| order temnospondyli, temnospondyli formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate | ||
| order chelonia, order testudinata, order testudines, testudinata, testudines, chelonia tortoises and turtles | ||
| order rhynchocephalia, rhynchocephalia tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic | ||
| order squamata, squamata diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards | ||
| lacertilia, sauria, suborder lacertilia, suborder sauria true lizards; including chameleons and geckos | ||
| crocodilia, crocodylia, order crocodilia, order crocodylia crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials | ||
| loricata, order loricata former name for the order Crocodylia | ||
| order ornithischia, ornithischia extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods) | ||
| suborder thyreophora, thyreophora, thyreophoran armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs | ||
| marginocephalia, marginocephalian, suborder marginocephalia includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs | ||
| suborder pachycephalosaurus boneheaded dinosaurs; late Cretaceous | ||
| ceratopsia, suborder ceratopsia horned dinosaurs | ||
| euronithopod, euronithopoda, ornithopoda, suborder euronithopoda, suborder ornithopoda widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon) | ||
| order saurischia, saurischia extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous) | ||
| sauropodomorpha, suborder sauropodomorpha gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs) | ||
| prosauropoda, suborder prosauropoda the earliest known dinosaurs | ||
| sauropoda, suborder sauropoda any of the sauropod dinosaurs | ||
| suborder theropoda, theropoda carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous | ||
| suborder ceratosaura primitive saurischian dinosaurs | ||
| carnosaura, suborder carnosaura largest carnivorous land animals ever known | ||
| ornithomimida, suborder ornithomimida lightly built medium-size theropods | ||
| maniraptora, suborder maniraptora advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds | ||
| order therapsida, therapsida extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic | ||
| ictodosauria, order ictodosauria extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period | ||
| order pelycosauria, pelycosauria edaphosaurus; dimetrodon | ||
| order pterosauria, pterosauria extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs | ||
| order thecodontia, thecodontia extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic | ||
| ichthyosauria, order ichthyosauria extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs | ||
| order sauropterygia, sauropterygia extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs | ||
| plesiosauria, suborder plesiosauria any of the plesiosaurs | ||
| nothosauria, suborder nothosauria a suborder of Sauropterygia | ||
| ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes snakes | ||
| opiliones, order opiliones, order phalangida, phalangida harvestmen | ||
| order scorpionida, scorpionida true scorpions | ||
| chelonethida, order chelonethida, order pseudoscorpiones, order pseudoscorpionida, pseudoscorpiones, pseudoscorpionida false scorpions | ||
| order pedipalpi, order uropygi, pedipalpi, uropygi whip scorpions | ||
| araneae, araneida, order araneae, order araneida spiders | ||
| acarina, order acarina mites and ticks | ||
| geophilomorpha, order geophilomorpha small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs | ||
| order pycnogonida, pycnogonida sea spiders | ||
| order xiphosura, xiphosura horseshoe crabs and extinct forms | ||
| eurypterida, order eurypterida extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic | ||
| galliformes, order galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins | ||
| order tinamiformes, tinamiformes coextensive with the family Tinamidae | ||
| columbiformes, order columbiformes sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires | ||
| order psittaciformes, psittaciformes an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets | ||
| cuculiformes, order cuculiformes cuckoos; touracos; etc. | ||
| coraciiformes, order coraciiformes rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies | ||
| order picariae, picariae term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes | ||
| apodiformes, order apodiformes swifts; hummingbirds | ||
| caprimulgiformes, order caprimulgiformes goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds | ||
| order piciformes, piciformes woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans | ||
| order trogoniformes, trogoniformes trogons | ||
| anseriformes, order anseriformes ducks; geese; swans; screamers | ||
| anseres, suborder anseres used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae | ||
| monotremata, order monotremata coextensive with the subclass Prototheria | ||
| marsupialia, order marsupialia coextensive with the subclass Metatheria | ||
| insectivora, order insectivora shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs | ||
| lipotyphla, suborder lipotyphla moles; hedgehogs; true shrews | ||
| menotyphla, suborder menotyphla elephant shrews; tree shrews | ||
| order siphonophora, siphonophora marine colonial hydrozoans | ||
| actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria sea anemones | ||
| alcyonaria, order alcyonaria corals and sea anemones having eight branches | ||
| alcyonacea, suborder alcyonacea comprising the soft corals | ||
| gorgonacea, gorgoniacea, suborder gorgonacea, suborder gorgoniacea red corals and sea fans | ||
| madreporaria, order madreporaria stony corals | ||
| cydippea, cydippida, cydippidea, order cydippea, order cydippida, order cydippidea ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles | ||
| order platyctenea, platyctenea an order of Tentaculata | ||
| cestida, order cestida ctenophore having short tentacles; one family | ||
| lobata, order lobata ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes | ||
| nudibranchia, order nudibranchia comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug | ||
| order pulmonata, pulmonata large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails | ||
| order pectinibranchia, pectinibranchia large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb | ||
| aplacophora, order aplacophora, order solenogastres, solenogastres an order of Amphineura | ||
| myaceae, order myaceae clams | ||
| octopoda, order octopoda octopuses and paper nautilus | ||
| decapoda, order decapoda squids and cuttlefishes | ||
| belemnoidea, order belemnoidea order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas | ||
| decapoda, order decapoda squids and cuttlefishes | ||
| brachyura, suborder brachyura an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface | ||
| reptantia, suborder reptantia lobsters; crabs | ||
| natantia, suborder natantia shrimp; prawns; etc. | ||
| schizopoda in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea | ||
| euphausiacea, order euphausiacea small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill | ||
| mysidacea, order mysidacea opossum shrimp | ||
| order stomatopoda, stomatopoda mantis shrimps | ||
| isopoda, order isopoda woodlice | ||
| amphipoda, order amphipoda small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp | ||
| anostraca, order anostraca small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps | ||
| notostraca, order notostraca small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace | ||
| branchiura, order branchiura copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes | ||
| ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises | ||
| gruiformes, order gruiformes inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards | ||
| otides, suborder otides terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards | ||
| charadriiformes, order charadriiformes large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life | ||
| charadrii, suborder charadrii shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews | ||
| limicolae, suborder limicolae term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii | ||
| suborder lari, lari gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers | ||
| gaviiformes, order gaviiformes large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms | ||
| colymbiformes, order colymbiformes, order podicipediformes, order podicipitiformes, podicipediformes, podicipitiformes grebes | ||
| order pelecaniformes, pelecaniformes pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants | ||
| order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes penguins | ||
| order procellariiformes, procellariiformes petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels | ||
| cetacea, order cetacea an order of Eutheria | ||
| mysticeti, suborder mysticeti baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks | ||
| odontoceti, suborder odontoceti toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales | ||
| order sirenia, sirenia an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow | ||
| carnivora, order carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia | ||
| pinnipedia, suborder pinnipedia seals; sea lions; walruses | ||
| order tubulidentata, tubulidentata an order of Eutheria | ||
| chiroptera, order chiroptera an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats) | ||
| megachiroptera, suborder megachiroptera fruit bats | ||
| microchiroptera, suborder microchiroptera most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats | ||
| mantophasmatodea, order mantophasmatodea an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region | ||
| mecoptera, order mecoptera an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip | ||
| collembola, order collembola minute wingless arthropods: springtails | ||
| order protura, protura minute wingless arthropods: telsontails | ||
| coleoptera, order coleoptera beetles | ||
| embiodea, embioptera, order embiodea, order embioptera web spinners | ||
| anoplura, order anoplura sucking lice | ||
| mallophaga, order mallophaga biting lice | ||
| order siphonaptera, siphonaptera fleas | ||
| diptera, order diptera a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies | ||
| nematocera, suborder nematocera mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies | ||
| hymenoptera, order hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. | ||
| isoptera, order isoptera order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota | ||
| order orthoptera, orthoptera grasshoppers and locusts; crickets | ||
| order phasmatodea, order phasmida, phasmatodea, phasmida in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects | ||
| dictyoptera, order dictyoptera in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera | ||
| blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order | ||
| manteodea, suborder manteodea mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera | ||
| hemiptera, order hemiptera plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) | ||
| heteroptera, suborder heteroptera true bugs | ||
| homoptera, suborder homoptera plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects | ||
| corrodentia, order corrodentia, order psocoptera, psocoptera an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice | ||
| ephemerida, ephemeroptera, order ephemerida, order ephemeroptera mayflies | ||
| order plecoptera, plecoptera stoneflies | ||
| neuroptera, order neuroptera an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies | ||
| megaloptera, suborder megaloptera in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies | ||
| odonata, order odonata dragonflies and damselflies | ||
| anisoptera, suborder anisoptera dragonflies | ||
| suborder zygoptera, zygoptera damselflies | ||
| order trichoptera, trichoptera an order of insects consisting of caddis flies | ||
| order thysanura, thysanura firebrats; silverfish; machilids | ||
| order thysanoptera, thysanoptera thrips | ||
| dermaptera, order dermaptera earwigs and a few related forms | ||
| lepidoptera, order lepidoptera moths and butterflies | ||
| exocycloida, order exocycloida flat sea urchins | ||
| order spatangoida, spatangoida heart-shaped sea urchins | ||
| lagomorpha, order lagomorpha rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia | ||
| order rodentia, rodentia small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis | ||
| myomorpha, suborder myomorpha true rats and mice and related rodents | ||
| hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. | ||
| sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. | ||
| dinocerata, order dinocerata small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene | ||
| hyracoidea, order hyracoidea hyraxes and some extinct animals | ||
| order perissodactyla, perissodactyla nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms | ||
| artiodactyla, order artiodactyla an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes | ||
| ruminantia, suborder ruminantia cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels | ||
| edentata, order edentata order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos | ||
| suborder xenarthra, xenarthra armadillos; American anteaters; sloths | ||
| order pholidota, pholidota pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata | ||
| order primates, primates an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings | ||
| anthropoidea, suborder anthropoidea monkeys; apes; hominids | ||
| order scandentia, scandentia a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) | ||
| prosimii, suborder prosimii not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea | ||
| lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii | ||
| strepsirhini, suborder strepsirhini in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs | ||
| suborder tarsioidea, tarsioidea in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii | ||
| dermoptera, order dermoptera flying lemurs | ||
| order proboscidea, proboscidea an order of animals including elephants and mammoths | ||
| order siluriformes, siluriformes an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes | ||
| gadiformes, order gadiformes cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini | ||
| anacanthini, order anacanthini at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications | ||
| anguilliformes, order anguilliformes, order apodes elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced | ||
| isospondyli, order isospondyli most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon | ||
| order osteoglossiformes, osteoglossiformes teleost fish with bony tongues | ||
| order pediculati, pediculati anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth | ||
| order synentognathi, synentognathi order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks | ||
| acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays | ||
| order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna | ||
| percoidea, suborder percoidea in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder | ||
| discocephali, order discocephali small order of fishes comprising the remoras | ||
| mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae | ||
| blennioidea, suborder blennioidea blennies; butterfishes; gunnels | ||
| scombroidea, suborder scombroidea mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes | ||
| ganoidei, order ganoidei a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales | ||
| order scleroparei, scleroparei scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards | ||
| scorpaenoidea, suborder scorpaenoidea mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards | ||
| order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers | ||
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