Carangiformes

Translingual

Etymology

Caranx +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Carangiformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei.

Synonyms

• (order): Carangoidei - suborder

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Carangidae (jack mackerels, trevallies), Coryphaenidae (dolphinfish), Echeneidae (remoras), Nematistiidae (roosterfish), Rachycentridae (cobia) - families

References

• Carangiformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Carangiformes at Paleobiology Database

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI