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Paraphyletic taxon:
Class
Osteichthyes
Huxley, 1880
- bony fishes and tetrapods
(fish)
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Entity:
[Teleostomi] (Grade)
..[†Cryptolebias] (Genus)
..[Euteleostomi] ([unranked]) - bony vertebrates
..[Osteichthyes] (Class) - bony fishes and tetrapods
....[†Acanthodii] (Subclass)
....[Actinopterygi] (Subclass)
....[Actinopterygii] (Subclass) - ray-finned fishes
....[Alepisauriformes] (Order)
....†Bobasatraniformes (Order)
....[Brachiopterygii] (Subclass)
....†Cephaloxeniformes (Order)
....[Choanichthyes] (Subclass)
....[Coelocanthiformes] (Order)
....[Crossopterygii] (Subclass)
....[Dipneusti] (Subclass)
....[†Histiothrissinae] (Subfamily)
....[Megalopiformes] (Order)
....[Neopterygii] (Division)
....[Paleopterygii] (Subclass)
....[Sarcopterygii] (Subclass) - lobe-finned fishes and tetrapods
....[Syngnathiiformes] (Order)
....[Tetradontiformes] (Order)
Variants
Preferred clade-based name
:
Osteichthyes
(Clade)
Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
Ref:
J.A. Moore & T.J. Near, 2020
: [685]; 6 Mar 2024.
[inferred]
Current rank
:
Osteichthyes
(Megaclass)
Huxley, 1880
Ref:
R. Betancur-R et al., 2017
: 9; 5 May 2025.
[inferred]
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Euteleostomi
([unranked])
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 86.
Synonymous name
:
Euteleostomi
([unranked])
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 101 ("of Nelson, 2006").
Synonymous name
:
Euteleostomi
([unranked])
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 46.
In
:
Pisces
(Superclass)
Linnaeus, 1758
Including (pro parte)
:
Actinopterygii
(Class)
Woodward, 1891
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2452.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
beenvissen
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bony fishes and tetrapods
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 101.
:
bony fishes
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 680.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025