Order Summary for Stephanoberyciformes
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Order |
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Stephanoberyciformes pricklefishes, bigscales and gibberfishes |
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Class |
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Actinopterygii |
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Sister Order |
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Beryciformes 70 M years |
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Marine |
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Brackish |
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Remark |
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Body usually roundish; palate toothless; skull bones, in general, exceptionally thin; orbitosphenoid absent (except in Hispidoberyx; subocular shelf absent; supramaxilla absent or reduced. |
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Classetymology |
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Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335. |
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Orderetymology |
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Greek, stephanos = crown + Greek, Greek, beryx or berys = a name of a fish, in reference to Berycidae with thin osseus ridges on the head. |
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