Biology:Euteleostei

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Short description: Clade of fishes

Euteleostei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Euteleostei
Synonyms
  • Euteleosteomorpha

The Euteleostei or euteleosts is a clade of bony fishes within the Teleostei that evolved some 240 million years ago. It is divided into the Protacanthopterygii (including the salmon and dragonfish) and the Neoteleostei (including the lanternfish, lizardfish, oarfish, and the Acanthopterygii).[1][2][3]

The cladogram is based on Near et al. (2012) and Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2016.[4] They explored the phylogeny and divergence times of every major lineage, analysing the DNA sequences of 9 unlinked genes. They calibrated (set actual values for) branching times in this tree from 36 reliable measurements of absolute time from the fossil record.[5]

Euteleostei 240mya
Lepidogalaxii

Lepidogalaxiiformes (salamanderfish)

Protacanthopterygii 225mya

Argentiniformes (marine smelts)

Galaxiiformes (white bait and mudfishes)

Esociformes (pike)

Salmoniformes (salmon, trout)

Stomiati

Stomiiformes (dragonfish)

Osmeriformes (smelt)

Neoteleostei 175mya
Ateleopodia

Ateleopodidae (jellynoses)

Eurypterygia
Aulopa

Aulopiformes (lizardfish)

Ctenosquamata
Scopelomorpha

Myctophiformes (lanternfish)

Acanthomorpha

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1378777 entry