Acanthomorpha

E855067
clade taxon teleost clade

Acanthomorpha is a large and diverse clade of spiny-rayed teleost fishes that includes many familiar marine and freshwater species.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Percomorpha 3
Percomorpha (in some classifications) 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
teleost clade ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
contains many commercially important fish species ⓘ
many demersal fishes ⓘ
many ecologically important fish species ⓘ
many pelagic fishes ⓘ
many reef-associated fishes ⓘ
distinguishedBy presence of true fin spines rather than only soft rays ⓘ
distinguishedFrom Ostariophysi NERFINISHED ⓘ
distribution worldwide ⓘ
etymology from Greek akantha (spine) and morphe (form) ⓘ
evolutionaryOrigin Cretaceous period NERFINISHED ⓘ
habitat freshwater environments ⓘ
marine environments ⓘ
hasCharacteristic advanced jaw mechanics ⓘ
diverse body forms ⓘ
mostly physoclistous swim bladders ⓘ
spiny rays in dorsal and anal fins ⓘ
true fin spines ⓘ
includes Anabantiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atheriniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beloniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beryciformes ⓘ
Berycimorphaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carangiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cichliformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gadiformes ⓘ
Gasterosteiformes ⓘ
Gobiiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holocentriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holocentrimorphaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurtiformes ⓘ
Lampriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lophiiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mugiliformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ovalentaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paracanthopterygii NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perciformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Percomorphaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pleuronectiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scombriformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scorpaeniformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syngnathiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tetraodontiformes ⓘ
Zeiformes NERFINISHED ⓘ
infraclass Teleostei NERFINISHED ⓘ
infraphylum Gnathostomata NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Crown Teleostei NERFINISHED ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
subdivisionOf Euteleostei NERFINISHED ⓘ
subphylum Vertebrata ⓘ
superclass Osteichthyes NERFINISHED ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Bathylutichthyidae → belongsToClade → Acanthomorpha ⓘ
Atherinomorphae → higherClassification → Acanthomorpha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Percomorpha (in some classifications)
Labroidei → parentTaxon → Acanthomorpha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Percomorpha
Blennioidei → parentTaxon → Acanthomorpha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Percomorpha
Acanthopterygii → hasSubgroup → Acanthomorpha ⓘ
this entity surface form: Percomorpha