Istiophoriformes

== Translingual == === Etymology === Istiophorus +‎ -iformes === Proper noun === Istiophoriformes A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – billfishes. ==== Synonyms ==== Xiphoidei - suborder in Perciformes ==== Hypernyms ==== (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass ==== Hyponyms ==== (order): Xiphiidae (swordfish), Istiophoridas (billfishes) - extant families always included; Sphyraenidae (barracudas) - extant family sometimes included recently; †Hemingwayidae, †Palaeorhynchidae, †Blochiidae - extinct families === References === Istiophoriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Istiophoriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Istiophoriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Xiphoidei at World Register of Marine Species Istiophoriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information “Istiophoriformes”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI