Carangiformes
| Carangiformes | |
|---|---|
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| Bluefin trevally (Caranx melampygus) | |
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| Remora remora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Percomorpha |
| Order: | Carangiformes Jordan, 1923[1] |
| Type species | |
| Caranx praeustus Anonymous [Bennett], 1830 | |
Carangiformes is an order of the ray-finned fishes. The order is part of a clade which is a sister clade to the Ovalentaria, the other orders in the clade being Synbranchiformes, Anabantiformes, Istiophoriformes and Pleuronectiformes. The Carangiformes has been regarded as a monotypic order, with only the Carangidae within it, by some authorities and the families within the order have been classified as part of the wider order Perciformes. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classify six families within the order Carangiformes.[2]
Families[]
The following families are classified within the order Carangiformes:[2]
- Nematistiidae Gill[3] (roosterfish)
- Coryphaenidae Rafinesque, 1815[3] (dolphinfish)
- Rachycentridae Gill 1896[3] (cobia)
- Echeneidae Rafinesque, 1815[3] (remoras)
- Carangidae Rafinesque, 1815[3] (jacks)
- Menidae Fitzinger, 1873[3] (moonfishes)
Coryphaenidae, Rachycentridae, and Echeneidae have been suggested to comprise a monophyletic grouping which has been recovered as a sister clade to the Carangidae.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Taxon: Order Carangiformes Jordan, 1923 (fish)". Taxonomicon. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
- ^ a b c J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 380–383. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ a b c d e f Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
- Carangiformes
- Ray-finned fish orders