Acanthopterygii

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Acanthopterygii
Acanthopterygii is the name of a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. It includes the teleost bony fishes, with characteristic sharp bony rays.Orders:Order Mugiliformes, the mulletsOrder Atheriniformes, including silversides and rainbowfishesOrder Beloniformes, including the flyingfishesOrder Cetomimiformes, the whalefishesOrder Cyprinodontiformes, including livebearerskillifishesOrder Stephanoberyciformes, including the ridgeheadsOrder Beryciformes, including the fangtooths and pineconefishesOrder Zeiformes, including the doriesOrder Gobiesociformes, the clingfishesOrder Gasterosteiformes including sticklebackspipefishesseahorsesOrder Syngnathiformes, including the seahorses and pipefishes Order Synbranchiformes, including the swamp eelsOrder Tetraodontiformes, including the filefishes and pufferfishOrder Pleuronectiformes, the flatfishesOrder Scorpaeniformes, including scorpionfishes and the weaver fishOrder Perciformes 40% of all fish including anabantidsbasscichlidsgobiesgouramismackerelperchesscatswhitingwrasses
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Acanthopterygii
Noun
1. teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
(synonym) superorder Acanthopterygii
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Teleostei, subclass Teleostei
(member-meronym) Berycomorphi, order Berycomorphi



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Acanthopterygii
(n. pl.)
An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch.
  

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