Exocoetoidei
Sign in to saveExocoetoidei is a suborder of the order Beloniformes, which is sometimes known as the Belonoidei. It contains two superfamilies and five families.
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- Exocoetoidei
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Exocoetoidei is a suborder of the order Beloniformes, which is sometimes known as the Belonoidei. It contains two superfamilies and five families.
==Classification== Exocoetoidei is classified as follows: Suborder Exocoetoidei Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859 Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes) Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries) Superfamily Exocoetoidea Family Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 (Flying fishes) Family Hemiramphidae Gill, 1859 (Halfbeaks) Family Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 (Freshwater halfbeaks)
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