Ordre Résumé for Acipenseriformes
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Réf. Princ. |
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Ordre |
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Acipenseriformes sturgeons and paddlefishes |
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Classe |
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Chondrostei |
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Ordre frère |
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Polypteriformes 200 M years |
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Réf. |
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Premier signalement fossile |
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middle Jurassic |
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Présent dans |
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Marin |
Eau douce |
Saumâtre |
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Remarque |
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Caudal fin heterocercal; myodome and preopercle reduced or absent; gulars absent; skeleton largely cartilaginous; fin rays more numerous than their basals; intestine with spiral valve. |
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Classe Étymologie |
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Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335. |
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Ordre Étymologie |
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Latin, acipenser = sturgeon + Latin, forma = shape (Ref. 45335). |
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Familles |
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