Actinopteri

group of bony fish

Actinopteri is a group of fish. It is the sister taxon of Cladistia.

Actinopteri
Atlantic sturgeon (Chondrostei)
Atlantic salmon (Neopterygii)
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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References

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  1. Eaton, Theodore H. (1945). "The Symplectic in Coelacanthids and Actinopteri". Copeia. 1945 (1): 22–25. doi:10.2307/1438167. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1438167.
  2. "Welcome to CK-12 Foundation | CK-12 Foundation". www.ck12.org. Retrieved 2022-10-14.