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Taxon: Order Lampriformes - opahs (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri

Current position

Lampripterygii (Division) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 71.

Alternative positions

Actinopteri (Class) Cope, 1871 Ref: R. van der Laan et al., 2021: (4 Feb 2025); ECoF(4 Feb 2025).
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 898.
Lamprimorpha (Superorder) Nelson, Grande & Wilson, 2016 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 280.
Lampriomorpha (Superorder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 226.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 364.
Percomorpha (Series) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.

Historical positions

Lampripterygii (Division) Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 71.
Lampripterygii (Division) Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 20, fig. 1.
Lamprimorpha (Superorder) Nelson, Grande & Wilson, 2016 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 280-281, fig. (p. 279).
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 31.
Lampriomorpha (Superorder) Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 226.
Osteichthyes (Class) Huxley, 1880 Ref: N. Bailly et al., 2001: 364.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2466.
Actinopterygii (Class) Woodward, 1891 Ref: 1998
Percomorpha (Series) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 608.
Actinopterygii (Subclass) Woodward, 1891 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 898; 1115.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 6f;11g;22s; †2f;6g;3s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Jun 2025 [6f;11g;22s; †2f]
2018 R. van der Laan: 71 [6f; †2f]
2017 R. Betancur-R et al.: 20 [6f]
2016 J.S. Nelson et al.: 284 [6f; †1f]
2004-2016 W.N. Eschmeyer [7f]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 31 7f
1998 W.N. Eschmeyer 7f
1988 R.L. Carroll: 608 [6f]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche: 898 7so;10f;18g;35s
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025