Beryciformes

Translingual

Etymology

Beryx +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Beryciformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Actinopterygii – the roughies, flashlight fishes and squirrelfishes, and their close relatives.
2. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – flashlight fish, fangtooths, whalefish, and certain other closely related deepsea fish.

Hypernyms

• (order in Teleostei): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order in Actinopterygii): Berycoidei, Holocentroidei, Trachichthyoidei - suborder
• (order in Teleostei): Anomalopidae (flashlight fishes), Anoplogastridae (fangtooths), Barbourisiidae (velvet whalefishes), Berycidae (alfonsinos), Cetomimidae (flabby whalefishes), Diretmidae (spinyfins), Gibberichthyidae (gibber fishes), Hispidoberycidae (pricklefishes), Melamphaidae (ridgeheads), Monocentridae (pinecone fishes), Rondeletiidae (redmouth whalefishes), Stephanoberycidae (pricklefishes), Trachichthyidae (slimeheads) - families

References

• Beryciformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Beryciformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Beryciformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Beryciformes at World Register of Marine Species
• Acanthopterygii at the Tree of Life Web Project