Argentiniformes

Translingual

Etymology

Argentina +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Argentiniformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – certain marine smelts and close relatives.

Usage notes

• Sometimes treated as Argentinoidei in order Osmeriformes.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Argentinidae (argentines, herring-smelts), Bathylagidae (deep-sea smelts), Microstomatidae (pencil smelts), Opisthoproctidae (barreleyes, spookfishes) - families

References

• Argentiniformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Argentiniformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Argentiniformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Argentiniformes at World Register of Marine Species
• Argentinoidei at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Argentiniformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Argentiniformes at Paleobiology Database

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248