Paracanthopterygii

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Paracanthopterygii is a superorder of mostly marine, often bottom-dwelling ray-finned fishes that includes cods and their relatives.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paracanthopterygii canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade of ray-finned fishes
fish superorder
taxonomic superorder
class Actinopterygii
contains commercially important fish species
ecologically important demersal fishes
etymologyLanguage Greek
finType ray-finned
hasCharacteristic mostly marine
often bottom-dwelling
spiny-rayed ancestry or affinities
hasEconomicImportance fisheries
seafood industry
hasFeedingEcology predatory
hasMember Batrachoididae
Gadidae
Lophiidae
Merlucciidae
Ophidiidae
linked to: Ophidiiformes
higherClassification Euteleostei
includes Batrachoidiformes
Gadiformes
Lophiiformes
Ophidiiformes
Percopsiformes
anglerfishes
cods
cusk-eels
haddocks
hakes
toadfishes
trout-perches
infraclass Teleostei
isA group of ray-finned fishes
group of teleost fishes
kingdom Animalia
phylum Chordata
recognizedIn modern fish classification systems
relatedTo Acanthopterygii
skeletonType bony fishes
studiedIn ichthyology
subclass Neopterygii
taxonRank superorder
typeOf mostly marine fishes
typicalHabitat benthic zone
continental shelf regions
marine environments

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gadiformes superorder Paracanthopterygii
Euclichthyidae superorder Paracanthopterygii
Acanthomorpha includes Paracanthopterygii
Lycodapodidae superorder Paracanthopterygii
Zalieutes superorder Paracanthopterygii
Halicmetus superorder Paracanthopterygii