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Order Summary for Lampriformes
Main Ref.:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order:	Lampriformes    velifers, tube-eyes and ribbonfishes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Sister Order:	Myctophiformes     70 M years
Ref.:	Carroll, R., 1988     Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997
First fossil record:	late Cretaceous
Occurs in:	Marine      Freshwater      Brackish
Remarks:	No true spines in fins; premaxilla excludes maxilla from gape; unique type of protrusible upper jaw (maxilla, instead of being ligamentously attached to the ethmoid and palatine, slides in and out with the highly protractile premaxilla in at least the first four suborders); pelvic fins with 0-17 rays; swim bladder, when present, physoclistous; orbitosphenoid present in some.
Class etymology:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology:	Greek, lampris, light, clear + Latin, forma = shape. Ref. 45335.
Families:	7 Lampridae , Lophotidae , Radiicephalidae , Regalecidae , Stylephoridae , Trachipteridae , Veliferidae

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