Teleostei

== Translingual == === 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. ==== 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 ==== 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 ==== Coordinate terms ==== (infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei – infraclasses (class): Holostei, Chondrostei, Cladistia (Cladistei) – classes === See also === Teleostomi === 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 E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Teleostei”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.