Acanthopterygii

Acanthopterygii (meaning "spiny-finned one" ) is a superorder of fish in the class Actinopterygii. Members of this superorder are sometimes called ray-finned fishes by other people for the characteristic sharp, bony rays in their fins. That refers to the Actinopterygii. They are referred to as spiny-finned fishes.

 Taxonomy 
The superorder Acanthopterygii contains the following orders:

 Series Berycida
 Order Beryciformes, alfonsinos, whalefishes and pricklefishes
 Order Trachichthyiformes, pinecone fishes and slimeheads or roughies
 Holocentriformes, soldier fishes and squirrel fishes
 Series Percomorpha
 Subseries Ophidiida
 Order Ophidiiformes, cusk-eels
 Subseries Batrachoidida
 Order Batrachoidiformes, toadfishes
 Subseries Gobiida
 Order Kurtiformes, nurseryfishes and cardinalfishes
 Order Gobiiformes, gobies
 Subseries Ovalentaria
 Order Mugiliformes, the mullets
 Order Cichliformes, cichlids
 Order Blenniiformes, blennies
 Order Gobiesociformes, the clingfishes
 Order Atheriniformes, including silversides and rainbowfishes
 Order Beloniformes, including the flyingfishes
 Order Cyprinodontiformes, including livebearers, killifishes
 Subseries incertae sedis
 Order Synbranchiformes, including the swamp eels
 Order Carangiformes, jacks and trevallies
 Order Istiophoriformes, barracudas and billfishes
 Order Anabantiformes, labyrinth fishes
 Order Pleuronectiformes, the flatfishes
 Subseries incertae sedis
 Order Syngnathiformes, including the seahorses and pipefishes
 Order Icosteiformes, the ragfish
 Order Callionymiformes, dragonets and slope dragonets
 Order Scombriformes, mackerels and tuna
 Order Trachiniformes, including sandfishes and relatives
 Order Labriformes, wrasses and relatives
 Order Perciformes, diverse order including perches, basses, gouramis, scats, whitings, sticklebacks and snappers
 Order Scorpaeniformes, including the scorpionfishes
 Order Moroniformes, temperate basses, sicklefishes and spadefishes
 Order Acanthuriformes, surgeonfishes and relatives
 Order Spariformes, breams and porgies
 Order Caproiformes, boarfishes
 Order Lophiiformes, anglerfishes
 Order Tetraodontiformes, plectognaths including the filefishes and pufferfishes

 References 

 Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. 
 Betancur-Rodriguez; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

Category:Teleosts