Order Summary for Gonorynchiformes

Ordo Ringkasan for Gonorynchiformes
Acuan utama
:
Ordo
:
Gonorynchiformes milkfishes
Kelas
:
Teleostei
Sister Order
:
Cypriniformes 150 M years
Acuan
:
First Fossil Record
:
late Jurassic
Occurs in
:
Laut
Fresh
Payau
Remark
:
Orbitosphenoid absent; parietals small; quadrate condyle far forward; teeth absent on fifth ceratobranchial; first three vertebrae specialized and associated with one or more cephalic ribs; suprabranchial (=epibranchial) organ present (consisting of lateral pouches in the posterior part of the branchial chamber behind the fourth epibranchials); mouth small; jaws toothless; no postcleithra; 5-7 hypural plates.
Kelas etymology
:
Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Ordo etymology
:
Greek, gonos = descent, origin + Greek, rhyngchos = snout, muzzle + Latin, forma = shape (Ref. 45335).
Keluarga-keluarga
:


Ref.
[ e.g. 9948 ]      
Glossary
      [ e.g. oophagy ]

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