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Actinopterygii - The Bugsite

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(From Wikipedia) Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

FACT: Ray-finned fishes encompass a staggering range of shapes and sizes, from 0.3 inch minnows all the way up to the 33 foot oarfish and the 2-ton ocean sunfish!

Currently discovered: 0/1 Infraclasses, 2/4 Superorders, 2/13 Orders

Order

  1. Clupeiformes - Herrings

Superorder

  1. Ostariophysi - Carps, Charapins, Catfishes and Allies

Order

  1. Aulopiformes - Grinners, Lizardfishes and Allies

Superorder

  1. Acanthomorpha - Spiny-Rayed Fishes