Ovalentaria

Ovalentaria is a clade of ray-finned fishes within the Percomorpha. It includes the order Stiassnyiformes. Some authors have used it for a clade including Mugiloidei, Plesiopidae, Blenniiformes, Atherinomorpha, and Cichlidae. It was named by W. L. Smith and T. J. Near in Wainwright in 2012.

 Classification 

 Atheriniformes 

 Order Atheriniformes

 Suborder Atherinopsoidei
 Family Atherinopsidae (Neotropical silversides)
 Suborder Atherinoidei
 Family Atherinidae (Old World silversides)
 Family Dentatherinidae (Mercer's tusked silverside)

 Taxonomy 
+Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:ActinopterygiiClade:Percomorpha(unranked):Ovalentaria

 References 

 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

Category:Teleosts