Euteleostei

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Euteleostei is a major clade of bony fishes that includes the vast majority of modern teleost diversity, encompassing many familiar marine and freshwater species.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Euteleostei canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade
taxon
teleost group
class Actinopterygii
commonName euteleosts
comprises vast majority of living teleost species
distribution freshwater environments worldwide
marine environments worldwide
hasCharacteristic bony skeleton
diverse body forms
highly mobile jaws
predominantly modern teleost lineages
ray-finned fins
hasEcologicalRole major component of freshwater food webs
major component of marine food webs
hasEconomicImportance important for commercial fisheries
important for recreational fisheries
important in aquaculture
important in aquarium trade
includes Acanthomorpha
Aulopiformes
Beloniformes
Characiformes
Cichlidae
Clupeiformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinodontiformes
Esociformes
Gadiformes
Gasterosteiformes
Gobiiformes
linked to: Gobioidei

Myctophiformes
Neoteleostei
Ostariophysi
Otocephala
linked to: Otophysi

Perciformes
Pleuronectiformes
Protacanthopterygii
Salmoniformes
Siluriformes
Stomiatii
Tetraodontiformes
many freshwater fish species
many marine fish species
infraclass Teleostei
infraphylum Gnathostomata
isPartOf Neoteleostei
Teleostei
kingdom Animalia
phylum Chordata
rank clade
subphylum Vertebrata
superclass Osteichthyes
taxonAuthor Rosen, 1973
linked to: Rosen
timeOfOrigin Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous (approximate)
Mesozoic
linked to: Mesozoic Era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Normanichthyidae belongsToClade Euteleostei
Bathylutichthyidae belongsToClade Euteleostei
Osmeriformes higherClassification Euteleostei
Acanthomorpha subdivisionOf Euteleostei
Hypoptychidae belongsToClade Euteleostei
Percopsiformes belongsToClade Euteleostei