Biology:Menoidei
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Menoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the class Actinopterygii, a diverse group of vertebrates characterized by their bony skeletons. The suborder Menoidei includes the family Menidae, family Xiphiidae and family Istiophoridae.[1][2][3][4]
Members of this suborder are aquatic and exhibit a wide range of adaptations to marine environments.[5][6]
Taxonomy
Suborder Menoidei[4]
- Family Menidae Fitzinger 1873 (moonfishes)
- Superfamily Xiphioidea
- Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque 1815 (swordfishes)
- Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815 (sailfishes, spearfish and marlins)
- Family †Palaeorhynchidae Günther, 1880
- Family †Blochiidae Bleeker, 1859
- Family †Hemingwayidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2002
See also
- Dolphinfishes
- Roosterfish
- Rachycentron
References
- ↑ "Moonfishes and Billfishes (Suborder Menoidei)" (in en). https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/1303748-Menoidei.
- ↑ "Menoidei | Taxonomy | Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility" (in fi). https://laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.5086691/taxonomy?showTree=true.
- ↑ "Profil taxonu : podrad Menoidei". https://www.biolib.cz/cz/taxon/id1488364/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/catalog-of-fishes-classification/.
- ↑ "Menoidei | Overview | Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility" (in fi). https://laji.fi/en/taxon/MX.5086691.
- ↑ Girard, Matthew G. (2020-06-08). "The Phylogeny of Carangiform Fishes: Morphological and Genomic Investigations of a New Fish Clade" (in en-us). https://www.mgirard.fish/publication/girard_2020/.
Wikidata ☰ Q100148330 entry
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