Actinopterygii
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, actino- (“having rays”) + Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux, “wing, fins”).
Proper noun
Actinopterygii
- The ray-finned fishes
- A taxonomic class within the superclass Osteichthyes.
- A taxonomic superclass within the infraphylum Gnathostomata.[1]
Hypernyms
- (class): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Chordata - phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass
- (superclass): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (class): Neopterygii, Chondrostei - subclasses
- (superclass): Chondrostei, Cladistei (= Cladistia), Holostei, Teleostei - classes[1]
Coordinate terms
- (superclass): Chondrichthyes, Sarcopterygii, Tetrapoda - superclasses[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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
Further reading
Actinopterygii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Actinopterygii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Actinopterygii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Actinopterygii at the Tree of Life Web Project
