Exocoetoidei (original) (raw)
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Suborder of fishes
| Exocoetoidei | |
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| Oxyporhamphus micropterus | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beloniformes |
| Suborder: | Exocoetoidei |
| Superfamilies | |
| see text | |
| Synonyms | |
| Belonoidei |
Exocoetoidei is a suborder of the order Beloniformes, which is sometimes known as the Belonoidei. It contains two superfamilies and five families.[1]
Exocoetoidei is classified as follows:[1][2]
- Suborder Exocoetoidei
- Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859
* Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes)
* Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries) - Superfamily Exocoetoidea
* Family Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 (Flying fishes)
* Family Hemiramphidae Gill, 1859 (Halfbeaks)
* Family Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 (Freshwater halfbeaks)
- Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.