Ovalentaria
Appearance
Ovalentaria is a clade of ray-finned fishes within the Percomorpha. It includes the order Stiassnyiformes. Some authors have used it for a clade including Mugiloidei, Plesiopidae, Blenniiformes, Atherinomorpha, and Cichlidae. It was named by W. L. Smith and T. J. Near in Wainwright in 2012.
Classification
[change | change source]Atheriniformes
[change | change source]- Order Atheriniformes
- Suborder Atherinopsoidei
- Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
- Suborder Atherinoidei
- Family Atherinidae (Old World silversides)
- Family Dentatherinidae (Mercer's tusked silverside)
Taxonomy
[change | change source]Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
(unranked): | Ovalentaria |
References
[change | change source]- J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.