Cyprinodontoidei
| Cyprinodontoidei | |
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| Guatemalan Killifish Fundulopanchax gardneri | |
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| Anableps anableps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinodontoidei Parenti, 1981[1] |
Cyprinodontoidei is a suborder of fishes, one of the two suborders in the order Cyprinodontiformes. The Cyprinodontoidei consists of four which are found in the Americas, the Mediterranean and in Africa, including Madagascar.[2]
Classification[]
The Cyprinodontoidei is subdivided into superfamilies and families, which are:[2][3][4]
- Superfamily Funduloidea Günther, 1866
- Family Profundulidae & Bronner, 1951
- Family Goodeidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- Family Fundulidae Günther, 1866
- Superfamily Valencioidea Parenti, 1981
- Family Valenciidae Parenti, 1981
- Superfamily Cyprinodontoidea Wagner, 1828
- Family Cyprinodontidae Wagner, 1828
- Superfamily Poecilioidea Bonaparte, 1831
- Family Anablepidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Family Poeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
Guppy
References[]
- ^ A.C. Radda; E. Purzl (1987). Colour Atlas of Cyprinodonts of the Rain Forests of Tropical Africa (PDF). Hofmann. p. 7.
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ "Cyprinodontoidei". users.atw.hu. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
Categories:
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Taxa named by Lynne R. Parenti