Istiophoriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Istiophorus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Istiophoriformes

A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – billfishes.

Synonyms

Xiphoidei - suborder in Perciformes

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Actinopterygii - superclass; Teleostei - class

Hyponyms

(order): Xiphiidae (swordfish), Istiophoridas (billfishes) - extant families always included; Sphyraenidae (barracudas) - extant family sometimes included recently; †Hemingwayidae, †Palaeorhynchidae, †Blochiidae - extinct families

References

Istiophoriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Istiophoriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Istiophoriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Xiphoidei at World Register of Marine Species
Istiophoriformes at Encyclopedia of Life
Istiophoriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Istiophoriformes at Fossilworks

Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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