Subclass Neopterygii

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Order Amiiformes (bowfin)
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  Order Semionotiformes (gars)
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Atheriniformes (rainbow fishes and silversides)
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  Order Beloniformes (halfbeeks and needlefishes)
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  Order Beryciformes
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  Order Channiformes
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  Order Cyprinodontiformes (killifishes)
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  Order Dactylopteriformes (flying gurnards)
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  Order Gasterosteiformes (sticklebacks and relatives)
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  Order Mugiliformes (mullets)
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  Order Pegasiformes (dragonfishes and sea moths)
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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes, flounders, and soles)
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  Order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion fishes and sculpins)
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  Order Stephanoberyciformes
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  Order Synbranchiformes (swamp eels)
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  Order Tetraodontiformes (cowfishes, filefishes, leatherjackets, puffers, triggerfishes, and trunkfishes)
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  Order Zeiformes (boarfishes, dories, and john dories)
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  Superorder Atherinomorpha
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  Superorder Clupeomorpha
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  Order Clupeiformes (anchovies and herrings)
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  Superorder Cyclosquamata
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  Order Aulopiformes (salmons)
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  Superorder Elopomorpha
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  Order Albuliformes
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  Order Anguilliformes (eels)
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  Order Elopiformes (tarpons)
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  Order Notacanthiformes (spiny eels and tapirfishes)
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  Order Saccopharyngiformes
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  Superorder Lampridiomorpha
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  Order Lampridiformes (opahs and ribbonfishes)
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  Superorder Ostariophysi
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  Order Characiformes (leporins and piranhas)
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  Order Cypriniformes (minnows and suckers)
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  Order Gonorhynchiformes (milkfish and shellears)
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  Order Gymnotiformes
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  Order Siluriformes (catfishes)
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  Superorder Osteoglossomorpha
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  Order Mormyriformes
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  Order Osteoglossiformes (bonytongues)
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  Superorder Paracanthopterygii
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