Ostariophysi

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin: Ancient Greek ὀστάριον (ostárion, “ossicle”) (diminutive of ὀστοῦν (ostoûn, “bone”)) + Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “bladder”) + Latin -i (“second declension masculine plural”), referring to the Weberian apparatus.

Proper noun

Ostariophysi

1. A taxonomic superorder within the subclass Teleostei – the carps, minnows, characins, electric eels, catfish, etc.

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Gonorynchiformes, Cypriniformes, Characiformes, Gymnotiformes, Siluriformes - orders