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Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny-finned one") is a
superorder of bony
fishes in the
class Actinopterygii.
Members of this
superorder are
sometimes called...
- Betancur-Rodriguez et al. 2013 (Euacanthomorpha
sensu Johnson &
Patterson 1993;
Acanthopterygii Gouan 1770 sensu])
Order Trachichthyiformes (fangtooths and pineconefishes)...
- but have
spiny rays,
indicating that they
belong to the
superorder Acanthopterygii. No
synbrachiform fossil is known. The
Mastacembeloidei were removed...
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Clupeomorpha and Ostariophysi) and the more
advanced teleosts (e.g.
Acanthopterygii), it may well be that the
supposed "clade" is
merely an evolutionary...
- /træˈkɪkθi.ɪfɔːrmiːz/ are an
order of ray-finned
fishes in the
superorder Acanthopterygii.
Fossils of this
group date back to the Cenomanian.
Member genera include...
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presence of fin
spines clearly indicates membership in the
superorder Acanthopterygii, and in the 1960s, they were
classed as
primitive perciforms, while...
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specialized members of the Gasterosteiformes-Scorpaeniformes
group of
Acanthopterygii. The
largest member of the
family is
Zoarces americ****,
which may...
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relative abundance. They are
considered the most
primitive order in
Acanthopterygii, and as such are
split off at the base of the
cladogram below from...
- food.
Rosen coined the name in 1973 to
describe a
clade comprising Acanthopterygii, Paracanthopterygii, and also
ctenothrissiform fossils from the Cretaceous...
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giving them a role in
grinding food.
Within neoteleosts,
members of the
Acanthopterygii have a
spiny dorsal fin
which is in
front of the soft-ra**** dorsal...
