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Clade Acanthomorphata Rosen 1973 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Acanthomorphata

Alternative spellings: Acanthomorpha, Acanthomorpha

Parent taxon: Ctenosquamata according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Arratia and Chorn 1998, Betancur et al. 2013, Davesne et al. 2017, Forey et al. 2003, Gottfried et al. 2006, Grande 1988, Murray 1996, Nolf and Dockery 1990 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Myctophata

Subtaxa: Aipichthyoidea Asineopidae Bajaichthyidae Ctenothrissiformes Dalgoichthys Euacanthomorphacea Lampridacea Oncolepis Paracanthomorphacea Pateropercidae Pattersonichthyidae Polymixiacea Pseudotetrapterus Spinocaudichthys Xiphopterus

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Type: Ferrifronsidae

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

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