Acanthopterygii

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Acanthopterygii
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Labidesthes sicculus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
(unranked): Acanthomorpha
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Orders

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Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny finned one") is a superorder of bony fishes in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are also known as the ray-finned fishes for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins; however this name is also often given to the class Actinopterygii as a whole.

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Notes

  1. In ITIS, Gobiesociformes is placed as the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Perciformes.
  2. In ITIS, Syngnathiformes is placed as the suborder Syngnathoidei of the order Gasterosteiformes.

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