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ALPHABETICAL SPECIES LIST
SUBCLASS SARCOPTERYGII
COELACANTHIFORMES
coelacanths
 
CERATODONTIFORMES
Australian lungfishes
 
LEPIDOSIRENIFORMES
South American lungfishes, African lungfishes
 
SUBCLASS ACTINOPTERYGII
POLYPTERIFORMES
bichirs
     
ACIPENSERIFORMES
sturgeons, paddlefishes
     

LEPISOSTEIFORMES
gars

GARS  
SEMIONOTIFORMES
gars (alternate)
     
AMIIFORMES
bowfins
     
OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
Includes bonytongues, arapaimas, mooneyes, knifefishes, elephantfishes
     
ELOPIFORMES
tenpounders, ladyfishes, tarpons
     
ALBULIFORMES
bonefishes
     
NOTACANTHIFORMES
halosaurs, spiny eels
     
ANGUILLIFORMES
Includes freshwater eels, spaghetti eels, false morays, morays, arrowtooth eels, cutthroat eels, pugnose eels, snake eels, worm eels, conger eels, pike conger eels, longneck eels, snipe eels, sawtooth eels, duckbill eels
MORAYS  
SACCOPHARYNGIFORMES
bobtail eels, whiptail gulpers, umbrellamouth gulpers, monognathids
     
CLUPEIFORMES
denticle herrings, herrings, shads, sardines, anchovies, wolf herrings, Sundaland noodlefishes
     
GONORYNCHIFORMES
Includes milkfishes
     
CYPRINIFORMES
Includes minnows, carps, loaches, hillstream loaches, river loaches, flat loaches, algae eaters, suckers
     
CHARACIFORMES
Includes African tetras, curimatas, trahiras, freshwater hatchetfishes, pike-characids, characins
PIRANHAS  
SILURIFORMES
diplomystid catfishes, North American freshwater catfishes, bagrid catfishes, armorhead catfishes, sheatfishes, schilbeid catfishes, pangasid catfishes, torrent catfishes, loach catfishes, stream catfishes, parakysid catfishes, sisorid catfishes, labyrinth catfishes, airsac catfishes, squarehead catfishes, olyrid catfishes, electric catfishes, sea catfishes, eeltail catfishes, squeakers, thorny catfishes, auchenipterid catfishes, long-whiskered catfishes, bottlenose catfishes, helogeneid catfishes, whalelike catfishes, loweye catfishes, banjo catfishes, parasitic catfishes, candirus, callichthyid armored catfishes, suckermouth armored catfishes, spiny dwarf catfishes, climbing catfishes
     
GYMNOTIFORMES
knifefishes
     
ESOCIFORMES
pikes, mudminnows
     
OSMERIFORMES
argentines, deepsea smelts, barreleyes, slickheads, tubeshoulders, leptochilichthyids, salamanderfishes, smelts, ayu fishes, icefishes, New Zealand smelts, galaxiids
     
SALMONIFORMES
whitefishes, graylings, salmons, trouts, chars
     
STOMIIFORMES
bristlemouths, marine hatchetfishes, lightfishes, viperfishes, saly dragonfishes, snaggletoothes, scaleless black dragonfishes, loosejaws, black dragonfishes
     
ATELEOPODIFORMES
jellynose fishes
     
AULOPIFORMES
Includes aulopus, greeneyes, pearleyes, paperbones, telescopefishes, lizardfishes, Bombay ducks, barracudinas, daggertoothes, sabertooth fishes, omosudids, lancetfishes
     
MYCTOPHIFORMES
blackchins, lanternfishes
     
LAMPRIFORMES
opahs, velifers, crestfishes, tapertails, ribbonfishes, oarfishes, thread-tails
     
POLYMIXIIFORMES
beardfishes
     
PERCOPSIFORMES
trout perches, sand rollers, pirate perches, cavefishes
     
GADIFORMES
Includes eel cods, codlets, eucla cods, grenadiers, deepsea cods, pelagic cods, cods, haddocks, hakes, burbots, phycid hakes, merluccid hakes
     
OPHIDIIFORMES
cuskeels, pearlfishes, pyramodontines, livebearing brotulas, aphyonids, false brotulas
     
BATRACHOIDIFORMES
toadfishes
     
LOPHIIFORMES
anglerfishes
     
GOBIESOCIFORMES
clingfishes
     
ATHERINIFORMES
Includes rainbowfishes, blue eyes, silversides
     
CYPRINODONTIFORMES
Includes Old World rivulines, New World rivulines, goodeids, poeciliids, killifishes, four-eyed fishes, jenynsiids
     
BELONIFORMES
sauries, needlefishes, halfbeaks, flyingfishes, medakas, adrianichthyids
     
STEPHANOBERYCIFORMES
pricklefishes, hispidoberycids, bigscales, gibberfishes
     
BERYCIFORMES
pinecone fishes, slimeheads, lanterneye fishes, spinyfins, fangtooths, berycids, squirrelfishes, soldierfishes
     
CETOMIMIFORMES
hairyfishes, ribbontails, largenose fishes, redmouth whalefishes, velvet whalefishes, whalefishes
     
ZEIFORMES
Includes boarfishes, oreos, parazen, diamond dories, macrurocyttids, dories
     
INCERTAE SEDIS
FAMILY ELASSOMATIDAE - pygmy sunfishes
     
GASTEROSTEIFORMES
sand-eels, sticklebacks, tubesnouts, seamoths
NO DEFINED ENTRIES  
SYNGNATHIFORMES
trumpetfishes, cornetfishes, snipefishes, shrimpfishes, ghost pipefishes, pipefishes, seahorses
SEAHORSES  
LEAFY SEA DRAGON  
SYNBRANCHIFORMES
swamp-eels, spiny-eels
     
SCORPAENIFORMES
SUBORDER SCORPAENOIDEI
Includes rockfishes, rockcods, thornyheads, scorpionfishes, turkeyfishes, lionfishes, waspfishes, stonefishes, coral crouchers, velvetfishes, prowfishes, red velvetfishes, horsefishes
LIONFISH - SCORPIONFISH - STONEFISH  
SUBORDER DACTYLOPTEROIDEI
helmet gurnards
     
SUBORDER PLATYCEPHALOIDEI
Includes deepwater flatheads, searobins, armored gurnards, spiny flatheads, flatheads
     
SUBORDER ANOPLOPOMATOIDEI
sablefishes
     
SUBORDER HEXAGRAMMOIDEI
greenlings, Atka mackerels, lingcods, painted greenlings, combfishes
     
SUBORDER NORMANICHTHYIODEI
     
SUBORDER COTTOIDEI
Includes horsehead sculpins, sculpins, Baikal oilfishes, sailfin sculpins, fatheads, poachers, starsnouts, rockheads, alligator fishes
     
PERCIFORMES
SUBORDER PERCOIDEI
Includes snooks, Asian seaperches, temperate basses, lanternbellies, wreckfishes, cavebasses, sea basses, groupers, soapfishes, dottybacks, basslets, roundheads, jawfishes, grunters, flagtails, sunfishes, freshwater basses, perches, darters, bigeyes, cardinalfishes, sillagos, tilefishes, false trevallies, gnomefishes, bluefishes, cobias, remoras, sharksuckers, jacks, amberjacks, pompanos, roosterfishes, dolphinfishes, moonfishes, ponyfishes, pomfrets, veilfins, Australian salmons, rovers, snappers, fusiliers, tripletails, tigerperches, mojarras, grunts, bonnetmouths, porgys, seabreams, emperors, threadfin breams, spinycheeks, croakers, drums, threadfins, goatfishes, sweepers, beachsalmon, bathyclupeids, archerfishes, galjoens, sea chubs, jutjaws, sicklefishes, moonies, butterflyfishes, angelfishes, oldwives, armorheads, leaffishes, knifejaws, hawkfishes, kelpfishes, fingerfins, trumpeters, bandfishes
GROUPERS  
LOOKDOWN  
CREVALLE JACK  
BLUESTRIPED GRUNT  
FRENCH GRUNT  
ATLANTIC PORKFISH  
FRENCH ANGELFISH  
GRAY ANGELFISH  
QUEEN ANGELFISH  
SUBORDER MUGILOIDEI
mullets
     
SUBORDER LABROIDEI
Includes cichlids, surfperches, damselfishes, anemonefishes, wrasses, parrotfishes
CICHLIDS  
SERGEANT MAJOR  
PARROTFISH  
QUEEN PARROTFISH  
SUBORDER ZOARCOIDEI
Includes ronquils, eelpouts, pricklebacks, wrymouths, gunnels, wolffishes, quillfishes, prowfishes, graveldivers
     
SUBORDER NOTOTHENIOIDEI
Includes bovichtids, notothens, plunderfishes, Antarctic dragonfishes, crocodile icefishes
     
SUBORDER TRACHINOIDEI
Includes swallowers, gapers, sandfishes, sand lances, weeverfishes, stargazers, sand divers, sand burrowers, duckbills, sandperches
     
SUBORDER PHOLIDICHTHYOIDEI
convict-blennies
     
SUBORDER BLENNIOIDEI
threefin blennies, labrisomids, clinids, klipfishes, pikeblennies, sand stargazers, blennies
     
SUBORDER ICOSTEOIDEI
ragfishes
     
SUBORDER CALLIONYMOIDEI
dragonets, draconettids
     
SUBORDER GOBIOIDEI
Includes loach gobies, sleepers, gobies, sand darts, wormfishes
     
SUBORDER KURTOIDEI
nurseryfishes
     
SUBORDER ACANTHUROIDEI
spadefishes, batfishes, scats, rabbitfishes, luvars, moorish idols, surgeonfishes, unicornfishes
ATLANTIC SPADEFISH  
BLUE TANG  
SUBORDER SCOMBROLABRACOIDEI
black mackerels
     
SUBORDER SPHYRAENOIDEI
barracudas
BARRACUDAS  
GREAT BARRACUDA  
SUBORDER SCOMBROIDEI
snake mackerels, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, swordfishes, billfishes, marlins, mackerels, tunas, bonitos
     
SUBORDER STROMATEOIDEI
amarsipids, medusafishes, flotsamfishes, ariommatids, squaretails, butterfishes
     
SUBORDER ANABANTOIDEI
climbing gouramies, pikeheads, kissing gouramies
     
SUBORDER CHANNOIDEI
snakeheads
     
PLEURONECTIFORMES
Includes spiny turbots, scophthalmids, lefteye flounders, southern flounders, righteye flounders, soles, tonguefishes