URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095954
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85095954#concept
Variants
- Bony fishes
- Malacopterygii
- Teleostei
- Teleosts
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Acipenseriformes
- Albuliformes
- Amiiformes
- Anglerfishes
- Atheriniformes
- Aulopiformes
- Beloniformes
- Beryciformes
- Catfishes
- Ceratodontiformes
- Characiformes
- Clupeiformes
- Coelacanthiformes
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Eels
- Elopiformes
- Flatfishes
- Gadiformes
- Gasterosteiformes
- Gobiesociformes
- Gonorynchiformes
- Gymnotiformes
- Lampriformes
- Lepidosireniformes
- Lungfishes
- Mormyriformes
- Myctophiformes
- Notacanthiformes
- Ophidiiformes
- Osmeriformes
- Osteoglossiformes
- Perciformes
- Percopsiformes
- Polypteriformes
- Relict bony fishes
- Salmoniformes
- Scorpaeniformes
- Semionotiformes
- Synbranchiformes
- Tetraodontiformes
- Toadfishes
- Zeiformes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Broader Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Malacopterygii
Sources
- found: Behavior of teleost fishes, 1993.
- found: Wootton, R.J. Ecology of teleost fishes, 1990.
- found: Nelson, J.S. Fishes of the world, 4th ed.(Teleostei (Division), Teleosts: probably arose in the middle or late Triassic, about 220-200 million years ago; they have a rich fossil record; teleosts are the most species-rich and diversified group of all the vertebrates; they dominate in the world's rivers, lakes, and oceans; about 26,840 extant species, about 96% of all extant fishes, placed in 40 orders, 448 families, and 4,278 genera)
- found: Jordan, D.S. The genera of fishes, 1963(superorder Teleostei (the bony fishes))
- found: ITIS, May 7, 2007(superclass Osteichthyes; class Actinopterygii; subclass Neopterygii; infraclass Teleostei)
LC Classification
- QL637.9-QL638
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
Collection Membership(s)
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-06-07: revised
Alternate Formats
