Istiophoriformes
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Istiophoriformes
- A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – billfishes.
Synonyms edit
- Xiphoidei - suborder in Perciformes
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Xiphiidae (swordfish), Istiophoridas (billfishes) - extant families always included; Sphyraenidae (barracudas) - extant family sometimes included recently; †Hemingwayidae, †Palaeorhynchidae, †Blochiidae - extinct families
References edit
Istiophoriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Istiophoriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Istiophoriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Xiphoidei at World Register of Marine Species
- Istiophoriformes at Encyclopedia of Life
- Istiophoriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Istiophoriformes 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248