Atherinomorpha | |
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Sand smelt Atherina presbyter family Atherinidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Acanthopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
(unranked): | Ovalentaria |
(unranked): | Atherinomorpha |
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.