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.

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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 NERFINISHED
Beloniformes NERFINISHED
Characiformes NERFINISHED
Cichlidae NERFINISHED
Clupeiformes
Cyprinidae NERFINISHED
Cyprinodontiformes NERFINISHED
Esociformes
Gadiformes NERFINISHED
Gasterosteiformes
Gobiiformes NERFINISHED
Myctophiformes NERFINISHED
Neoteleostei NERFINISHED
Ostariophysi NERFINISHED
Otocephala NERFINISHED
Perciformes NERFINISHED
Pleuronectiformes NERFINISHED
Protacanthopterygii NERFINISHED
Salmoniformes NERFINISHED
Siluriformes NERFINISHED
Stomiatii
Tetraodontiformes NERFINISHED
many freshwater fish species
many marine fish species
infraclass Teleostei NERFINISHED
infraphylum Gnathostomata NERFINISHED
isPartOf Neoteleostei NERFINISHED
Teleostei NERFINISHED
kingdom Animalia
phylum Chordata
rank clade
subphylum Vertebrata
superclass Osteichthyes
taxonAuthor Rosen, 1973 NERFINISHED
timeOfOrigin Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous (approximate)
Mesozoic NERFINISHED

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