Actinopteri
group of bony fish
Actinopteri is a group of fish. It is the sister taxon of Cladistia.
Actinopteri | |
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Atlantic sturgeon (Chondrostei) | |
Atlantic salmon (Neopterygii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
(unranked): | Actinopteri Cope, 1871 |
Subclasses | |
They have a symplectic, a bone behind the upper part of the jaw that most fishes do not have.[1] They have scales and ray fins, because they are part of the Actinopterygii class.[2]
Related pages
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change- ↑ Eaton, Theodore H. (1945). "The Symplectic in Coelacanthids and Actinopteri". Copeia. 1945 (1): 22–25. doi:10.2307/1438167. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1438167.
- ↑ "Welcome to CK-12 Foundation | CK-12 Foundation". www.ck12.org. Retrieved 2022-10-14.