Ovalentaria
Yellow-headed jawfish, Opistognathus aurifrons
Ovalentaria is a clade of ray-finned fishes. It includes the order Stiassnyiformes. Some authors have used it for a clade including Mugiloidei, Plesiopidae, Blenniiformes, Atherinomorpha, and Cichlidae. It was named by W. L. Smith and T. J. Near in Wainwright in 2012.
Classification
Atheriniformes
- Order Atheriniformes
- Suborder Atherinopsoidei
- Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
- Suborder Atherinoidei
- Family Atherinidae (Old World silversides)
- Family Dentatherinidae (Mercer's tusked silverside)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| (unranked): | Ovalentaria |
Ovalentaria Media
male Egyptian mouthbrooder (a cichlid)
A pair of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) male above, female below. Wild type (strain after approx.
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References
- J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.