Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes

Actinopterygii

Rank: Gigaclass
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Gigaclass group names

bony fishes subjective synonym
Osteichthyes s.s. subjective synonym

Children

Actinopteri
Neopterygii

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: ray-finned fishes sources: Friedman, M. (2015). The early evolution of ray-finned fishes. Palaeontology. 58(2): 213-228.
 Japanese: 条鰭綱 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Ukrainian: Променепері

Literature

basis of record

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Actinopterygii. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10194

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Actinopterygii. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/16a818e6-a642-4902-8950-1ac5f295c98b

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2021-06-29 by Dr. Jorg Freyhof & by Nicolas Bailly

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