Atherinomorpha

Atherinomorpha
Sand smelt Atherina presbyter family Atherinidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
(unranked): Ovalentaria
(unranked): Atherinomorpha
Exocoetus volitans a member of the Beloniformes

The Atherinomorpha is a clade of fishes in the superorder Acanthopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, consisting of three orders. The clade is ranked as an infraseries within the subseries Ovalentaria, which in turn is ranked within the wider Percomorpha clade.