Beloniforms |
Exocoetus volitans
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Scientific classification |
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Families |
- Suborder
Adrianichthyoidei
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Adrianichthyidae -
ricefishes
- Suborder
Belonoidei
- Superfamily
Scomberesocoidea
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Belonidae -
needlefishes
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Scomberesocidae -
sauries
- Superfamily
Exocoetoidea
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Exocoetidae -
flyingfishes
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Hemiramphidae -
halfbeaks
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Beloniformes is an
order of
ray-finned fish most notable for the flyingfishes and
medakas.
Originally, the two suborders Adrianichthyoidei and
Belonoidei were part of the
Cyprinidontiformes, but
monophyly is indicated by various characteristics including
the absence of the interhyal, resulting in the upper jaw being fixed or nonprotrusible.
Reference
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J.S. Nelson,
Fishes of the World