Menoidei
Suborder of fishes
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Menoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the class Actinopterygii, a diverse group of vertebrates characterized by their bony skeletons. The suborder Menoidei includes the family Menidae, family Xiphiidae and family Istiophoridae.[1][2][3][4]
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| Mene maculata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Menoidei Girard et al., 2020 |
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Members of this suborder are aquatic and exhibit a wide range of adaptations to marine environments.[5][6]
Taxonomy
Suborder Menoidei[4]
- Family Menidae Fitzinger 1873 (moonfishes)
- Superfamily Xiphioidea
- Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque 1815 (swordfishes)
- Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815 (sailfishes, spearfish and marlins)
- Family †Palaeorhynchidae Günther, 1880
- Family †Blochiidae Bleeker, 1859
- Family †Hemingwayidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2002