Biology:Scomberesocoidea

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Short description: Superfamily of fishes

Scomberesocoidea
Scomberesox saurus Canada.jpg
Scomberesox saurus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beloniformes
Suborder: Exocoetoidei
Superfamily: Scomberesocoidea
Bleeker, 1859[1]
Families

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Scomberesocoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Exocoetoidei of the order Beloniformes. It consists of two families which are commonly known as the needlefishes and the sauries.[2]

Classification

The two families within the suborder Scomberesocoidea are:[2]

  • Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes)
  • Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries)

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 367-369. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. 

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