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Actinopterygii - Liber Deserti

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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 Superorders, 15/60 Orders

Order

  1. Clupeiformes - Herrings
  2. Cypriniformes - Minnows, Suckers, Carps and Loaches
  3. Siluriformes - Catfishes
  4. Aulopiformes - Grinners, Lizardfishes and Allies
  5. Scombriformes - Mackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes and Allies
  6. Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Allies
  7. Carangiformes - Barracudas, Jacks, Remoras, Flounders, Billfishes and Allies
  8. Mugiliformes - Mullets
  9. Atheriniformes - Silversides
  10. Beloniformes - Needlefishes, Halfbeaks and Allies
  11. Acanthuriformes - Butterflyfishes, Angelfishes and Allies
  12. Cyprinodontiformes - Rivulines, Killifishes and Livebearers
  13. Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and Filefishes
  14. Centrarchiformes - Freshwater Sunfishes, Grunters and Allies
  15. Perciformes - Perch-Like Fishes