Gonorynchiformes
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Gonorynchiformes is an order of fish within the class Teleostei, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. It falls under the parent taxa Ostariophysi and Actinopterygii. The taxon is governed by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature and holds an accepted status in biological classification.
Members of this order inhabit marine, brackish, and freshwater environments. The group is also referred to as zandvisachtigen. Records of this taxon are held by institutions including UCMP and MAGNT, with occurrences documented in the United States and South Africa.
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Species
zandvisachtigen
ORDER
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderGonorynchiformes
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Collections
- UCMP, MAGNT
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Actinopteri
- Image
- Chanos chanos Day.png
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- Commons category
- Gonorynchiformes
- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Gonorynchiformes
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Gonorynchiformes
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Taxonomy
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The Gonorynchiformes are an order of ray-finned fish that includes the important food source, the milkfish (Chanos chanos, family Chanidae), and a number of lesser-known types, both marine and freshwater.
The alternate spelling "Gonorhynchiformes", with an "h", is frequently seen but not official.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gonorynchiformes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.