Atherinomorpha
Sign in to saveThe Atherinomorpha is a clade of fishes in the superorder Acanthopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, consisting of three orders. The clade is ranked as an infraseries within the subseries Ovalentaria, which in turn is ranked within the wider Percomorpha clade.
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The Atherinomorpha is a clade of fishes in the superorder Acanthopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, consisting of three orders. The clade is ranked as an infraseries within the subseries Ovalentaria, which in turn is ranked within the wider Percomorpha clade.
==Characteristics== The species within the infraseries Atherinomorpha are generally small fishes which normally grow no longer than , although some needlefishes from the order Beloniformes can grow as long as .