animal order

1. The order of animals (synset 101345170)
   is a type of: order - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
   subtypes:

   • eubacteriales, order eubacteriales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-positive spherical or rod-shaped forms; some are motile; in some classifications considered an order of Schizomycetes
   • order pseudomonadales, pseudomonadales - one of two usually recognized orders of true bacteria; Gram-negative spiral or spherical or rod-shaped bacteria usually motile by polar flagella; some contain photosynthetic pigments
   • order rickettsiales, rickettsiales - pleomorphic Gram-negative microorganisms
   • mycoplasmatales, order mycoplasmatales - coextensive with the family Mycoplasmataceae
   • actinomycetales, order actinomycetales - filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria
   • myxobacterales, myxobacteriales, order myxobacterales, order myxobacteria, order myxobacteriales - an order of higher bacteria
   • order spirochaetales, spirochaetales - higher bacteria; slender spiral rodlike forms
   • heliozoa, order heliozoa - mostly freshwater protozoa
   • order radiolaria, radiolaria - marine protozoa
   • amoebida, amoebina, order amoebida, order amoebina - the animal order including amoebas
   • foraminifera, order foraminifera - foraminifers
   • order testacea, testacea - testacean rhizopods
   • fucales, order fucales - coextensive with the family Fucaceae
   • order zygnemales, order zygnematales, zygnemales, zygnematales - pond scums; desmids
   • cilioflagellata, dinoflagellata, order cilioflagellata, order dinoflagellata - in some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta
   • hypermastigina, order hypermastigina - cellulose-producing flagellates
   • order polymastigina, polymastigina - small usually parasitic flagellates
   • coccidia, order coccidia - an order in the subclass Telosporidia
   • gregarinida, order gregarinida - an order in the subclass Telosporidia
   • haemosporidia, order haemosporidia - an order in the subclass Telosporidia
   • order sarcosporidia, sarcosporidia - imperfectly known parasites of the muscles of vertebrates
   • haplosporidia, order haplosporidia - an order in the subclass Acnidosporidia
   • actinomyxidia, order actinomyxidia - parasites of worms
   • mycrosporidia, order mycrosporidia - an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
   • myxosporidia, order myxosporidia - an order in the subclass Cnidosporidia
   • malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
   • cypriniformes, order cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
   • berycomorphi, order berycomorphi - an order of spiny-finned fish in the superorder Acanthopterygii
   • order zeomorphi, zeomorphi - dories
   • order solenichthyes, solenichthyes - bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout
   • order ostracodermi, ostracodermi - extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
   • heterostraci, suborder heterostraci - extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear
   • cephalaspida, osteostraci, suborder cephalaspida, suborder osteostraci - extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
   • anaspida, order anaspida - extinct order of jawless vertebrates
   • conodonta, conodontophorida, order conodonta, order conodontophorida - extinct order of primitive vertebrates; the precise taxonomy is not clear; in some classifications considered a separate phylum
   • cyclostomata, order cyclostomata - primitive jawless aquatic vertebrate: lampreys; hagfishes
   • hyperoartia, petromyzoniformes, suborder hyperoartia, suborder petromyzoniformes - lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes
   • hyperotreta, myxiniformes, myxinoidea, myxinoidei, suborder hyperotreta, suborder myxiniformes, suborder myxinoidei - hagfishes as distinguished from lampreys
   • order torpediniformes, torpediniformes - rays with bodies shaped like torpedoes
   • batoidei, order batoidei, order rajiformes, rajiformes - fish with dorsoventrally flattened bodies; includes: rays; skates; guitarfishes; sawfishes
   • ratitae, superorder ratitae - used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
   • order struthioniformes, struthioniformes - a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward
   • casuariiformes, order casuariiformes - a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus
   • apterygiformes, order apterygiformes - a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis
   • order rheiformes, rheiformes - a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
   • aepyorniformes, order aepyorniformes - huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds
   • dinornithiformes, order dinornithiformes - a ratite bird order: recently extinct flightless birds of New Zealand
   • insessores, order insessores, percher, perching bird - a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists
   • order passeriformes, passeriformes - largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres
   • oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
   • menurae, suborder menurae - lyrebirds and scrubbirds
   • eurylaimi, suborder eurylaimi - broadbills
   • suborder tyranni, tyranni - New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
   • clamatores, suborder clamatores - used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song; clamatorial birds
   • order raptores, raptores - term used in former classifications; erroneously grouped together birds of the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
   • falconiformes, order falconiformes - chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures
   • order strigiformes, strigiformes - owls
   • caudata, order caudata, order urodella, urodella - salamanders; newts; congo snakes
   • anura, batrachia, order anura, order batrachia, order salientia, salientia - frogs, toads, tree toads
   • gymnophiona, order gymnophiona - an order of amphibians including caecilians
   • labyrinthodonta, labyrinthodontia, superorder labyrinthodonta, superorder labyrinthodontia - extinct amphibians typically resembling heavy-bodied salamanders or crocodiles and having a solid flattened skull and conical teeth; Devonian through Triassic
   • order stereospondyli, stereospondyli - formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; amphibia having vertebrae whose component elements are fused into a single piece
   • order stegocephalia, stegocephalia - in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia
   • order temnospondyli, temnospondyli - formerly a suborder of Stegocephalia; large Carboniferous and Permian amphibians having vertebrae in which some elements remain separate
   • chelonia, order chelonia, order testudinata, order testudines, testudinata, testudines - tortoises and turtles
   • order rhynchocephalia, rhynchocephalia - tuataras; extinct forms from middle Triassic
   • order squamata, squamata - diapsid reptiles: snakes and lizards
   • lacertilia, sauria, suborder lacertilia, suborder sauria - true lizards; including chameleons and geckos
   • crocodilia, crocodylia, order crocodilia, order crocodylia - crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials
   • loricata, order loricata - former name for the order Crocodylia
   • order ornithischia, ornithischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles having bird-like pelvises: armored dinosaurs (thyreophorans); boneheaded and horned dinosaurs (marginocephalians); duck-billed dinosaurs (euronithopods)
   • suborder thyreophora, thyreophora, thyreophoran - armored dinosaurs: stegosaurs and ankylosaurs
   • marginocephalia, marginocephalian, suborder marginocephalia - includes boneheaded (pachycephalosaurs) and horned (ceratopsian) dinosaurs
   • suborder pachycephalosaurus - boneheaded dinosaurs; late Cretaceous
   • ceratopsia, suborder ceratopsia - horned dinosaurs
   • euronithopod, euronithopoda, ornithopoda, suborder euronithopoda, suborder ornithopoda - widespread group including duck-billed dinosaurs and their early relatives (hadrosaurs, trachodon and iguanodon)
   • order saurischia, saurischia - extinct terrestrial reptiles: theropods (carnivorous); sauropods (herbivorous)
   • sauropodomorpha, suborder sauropodomorpha - gigantic herbivorous dinosaurs having huge bodies with long necks and small heads: Prosauropoda and Sauropoda (apatosaurus, diplodocus and titanosaurs)
   • prosauropoda, suborder prosauropoda - the earliest known dinosaurs
   • sauropoda, suborder sauropoda - any of the sauropod dinosaurs
   • suborder theropoda, theropoda - carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs with short forelimbs; Jurassic and Cretaceous
   • suborder ceratosaura - primitive saurischian dinosaurs
   • carnosaura, suborder carnosaura - largest carnivorous land animals ever known
   • ornithomimida, suborder ornithomimida - lightly built medium-size theropods
   • maniraptora, suborder maniraptora - advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds
   • order therapsida, therapsida - extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic
   • ictodosauria, order ictodosauria - extinct reptiles of the later Triassic period
   • order pelycosauria, pelycosauria - edaphosaurus; dimetrodon
   • order pterosauria, pterosauria - extinct flying reptiles: pterosaurs
   • order thecodontia, thecodontia - extinct terrestrial reptiles having teeth set in sockets; of the late Permian to Triassic
   • ichthyosauria, order ichthyosauria - extinct marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs
   • order sauropterygia, sauropterygia - extinct marine reptiles: plesiosaurs; nothosaurs
   • plesiosauria, suborder plesiosauria - any of the plesiosaurs
   • nothosauria, suborder nothosauria - a suborder of Sauropterygia
   • ophidia, serpentes, suborder ophidia, suborder serpentes - snakes
   • opiliones, order opiliones, order phalangida, phalangida - harvestmen
   • order scorpionida, scorpionida - true scorpions
   • chelonethida, order chelonethida, order pseudoscorpiones, order pseudoscorpionida, pseudoscorpiones, pseudoscorpionida - false scorpions
   • order pedipalpi, order uropygi, pedipalpi, uropygi - whip scorpions
   • araneae, araneida, order araneae, order araneida - spiders
   • acarina, order acarina - mites and ticks
   • geophilomorpha, order geophilomorpha - small elongate centipedes living in soil and under stones and having more than 30 pairs of legs
   • order pycnogonida, pycnogonida - sea spiders
   • order xiphosura, xiphosura - horseshoe crabs and extinct forms
   • eurypterida, order eurypterida - extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic
   • galliformes, order galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins
   • order tinamiformes, tinamiformes - coextensive with the family Tinamidae
   • columbiformes, order columbiformes - sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires
   • order psittaciformes, psittaciformes - an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets
   • cuculiformes, order cuculiformes - cuckoos; touracos; etc.
   • coraciiformes, order coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies
   • order picariae, picariae - term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes
   • apodiformes, order apodiformes - swifts; hummingbirds
   • caprimulgiformes, order caprimulgiformes - goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds
   • order piciformes, piciformes - woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans
   • order trogoniformes, trogoniformes - trogons
   • anseriformes, order anseriformes - ducks; geese; swans; screamers
   • anseres, suborder anseres - used in some especially older classifications; coextensive with the family Anatidae
   • monotremata, order monotremata - coextensive with the subclass Prototheria
   • marsupialia, order marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
   • insectivora, order insectivora - shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs
   • lipotyphla, suborder lipotyphla - moles; hedgehogs; true shrews
   • menotyphla, suborder menotyphla - elephant shrews; tree shrews
   • order siphonophora, siphonophora - marine colonial hydrozoans
   • actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria - sea anemones
   • alcyonaria, order alcyonaria - corals and sea anemones having eight branches
   • alcyonacea, suborder alcyonacea - comprising the soft corals
   • gorgonacea, gorgoniacea, suborder gorgonacea, suborder gorgoniacea - red corals and sea fans
   • madreporaria, order madreporaria - stony corals
   • cydippea, cydippida, cydippidea, order cydippea, order cydippida, order cydippidea - ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles
   • order platyctenea, platyctenea - an order of Tentaculata
   • cestida, order cestida - ctenophore having short tentacles; one family
   • lobata, order lobata - ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
   • nudibranchia, order nudibranchia - comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug
   • order pulmonata, pulmonata - large order of gastropods usually breathing by means of a lung-like sac comprising most land snails and slugs and many freshwater snails
   • order pectinibranchia, pectinibranchia - large order of gastropods comprising univalve mollusks that have a single gill resembling a comb
   • aplacophora, order aplacophora, order solenogastres, solenogastres - an order of Amphineura
   • myaceae, order myaceae - clams
   • octopoda, order octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus
   • decapoda, order decapoda - squids and cuttlefishes
   • belemnoidea, order belemnoidea - order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
   • decapoda, order decapoda - lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns
   • brachyura, suborder brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
   • reptantia, suborder reptantia - lobsters; crabs
   • natantia, suborder natantia - shrimp; prawns; etc.
   • schizopoda - in former classifications a division of Malacostraca; superseded by the orders Mysidacea and Euphausiacea
   • euphausiacea, order euphausiacea - small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill
   • mysidacea, order mysidacea - opossum shrimp
   • order stomatopoda, stomatopoda - mantis shrimps
   • isopoda, order isopoda - woodlice
   • amphipoda, order amphipoda - small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
   • anostraca, order anostraca - small aquatic crustaceans lacking a carapace: fairy shrimps; brine shrimps
   • notostraca, order notostraca - small freshwater crustaceans with a shield-shaped carapace
   • branchiura, order branchiura - copepods with suctorial mouthparts; parasitic on fishes
   • ciconiiformes, order ciconiiformes - order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises
   • gruiformes, order gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
   • otides, suborder otides - terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
   • charadriiformes, order charadriiformes - large diverse order of aquatic birds found along seacoasts and inland waters: shorebirds and coastal diving birds; most feed on anima life
   • charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
   • limicolae, suborder limicolae - term used in some classifications for migratory shorebirds; coextensive with the Charadrii
   • lari, suborder lari - gulls; terns; jaegers; skimmers
   • gaviiformes, order gaviiformes - large aquatic birds: loons and some extinct forms
   • colymbiformes, order colymbiformes, order podicipediformes, order podicipitiformes, podicipediformes, podicipitiformes - grebes
   • order pelecaniformes, pelecaniformes - pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants
   • order sphenisciformes, sphenisciformes - penguins
   • order procellariiformes, procellariiformes - petrels; albatrosses; shearwaters; diving petrels
   • cetacea, order cetacea - an order of Eutheria
   • mysticeti, suborder mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks
   • odontoceti, suborder odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
   • order sirenia, sirenia - an animal order including: manatees; dugongs; Steller's sea cow
   • carnivora, order carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
   • pinnipedia, suborder pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses
   • order tubulidentata, tubulidentata - an order of Eutheria
   • chiroptera, order chiroptera - an old order dating to early Eocene: bats: suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats); suborder Microchiroptera (insectivorous bats)
   • megachiroptera, suborder megachiroptera - fruit bats
   • microchiroptera, suborder microchiroptera - most of the bats in the world; all bats except fruit bats insectivorous bats
   • mantophasmatodea, order mantophasmatodea - an order of insect identified in 2002 in a 45 million year old piece of amber from the Baltic region
   • mecoptera, order mecoptera - an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip
   • collembola, order collembola - minute wingless arthropods: springtails
   • order protura, protura - minute wingless arthropods: telsontails
   • coleoptera, order coleoptera - beetles
   • embiodea, embioptera, order embiodea, order embioptera - web spinners
   • anoplura, order anoplura - sucking lice
   • mallophaga, order mallophaga - biting lice
   • order siphonaptera, siphonaptera - fleas
   • diptera, order diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
   • nematocera, suborder nematocera - mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies
   • hymenoptera, order hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.
   • isoptera, order isoptera - order of social insects that live in colonies, including: termites; often placed in subclass Exopterygota
   • order orthoptera, orthoptera - grasshoppers and locusts; crickets
   • order phasmatodea, order phasmida, phasmatodea, phasmida - in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
   • dictyoptera, order dictyoptera - in some classifications replaced by the orders (here suborders) Blattodea (cockroaches) and Manteodea (mantids); in former classifications often subsumed under a much broader order Orthoptera
   • blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea - cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
   • manteodea, suborder manteodea - mantises; in former classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera
   • hemiptera, order hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)
   • heteroptera, suborder heteroptera - true bugs
   • homoptera, suborder homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects
   • corrodentia, order corrodentia, order psocoptera, psocoptera - an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice
   • ephemerida, ephemeroptera, order ephemerida, order ephemeroptera - mayflies
   • order plecoptera, plecoptera - stoneflies
   • neuroptera, order neuroptera - an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies
   • megaloptera, suborder megaloptera - in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies
   • odonata, order odonata - dragonflies and damselflies
   • anisoptera, suborder anisoptera - dragonflies
   • suborder zygoptera, zygoptera - damselflies
   • order trichoptera, trichoptera - an order of insects consisting of caddis flies
   • order thysanura, thysanura - firebrats; silverfish; machilids
   • order thysanoptera, thysanoptera - thrips
   • dermaptera, order dermaptera - earwigs and a few related forms
   • lepidoptera, order lepidoptera - moths and butterflies
   • exocycloida, order exocycloida - flat sea urchins
   • order spatangoida, spatangoida - heart-shaped sea urchins
   • lagomorpha, order lagomorpha - rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia
   • order rodentia, rodentia - small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis
   • myomorpha, suborder myomorpha - true rats and mice and related rodents
   • hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha - an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.
   • sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha - large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.
   • dinocerata, order dinocerata - small order of primitive ungulates of the Paleocene and Eocene
   • hyracoidea, order hyracoidea - hyraxes and some extinct animals
   • order perissodactyla, perissodactyla - nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms
   • artiodactyla, order artiodactyla - an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes
   • ruminantia, suborder ruminantia - cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels
   • edentata, order edentata - order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos
   • suborder xenarthra, xenarthra - armadillos; American anteaters; sloths
   • order pholidota, pholidota - pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata
   • order primates, primates - an animal order including lemurs and tarsiers and monkeys and apes and human beings
   • anthropoidea, suborder anthropoidea - monkeys; apes; hominids
   • order scandentia, scandentia - a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora)
   • prosimii, suborder prosimii - not used in all classifications; in some classifications considered coextensive with the Lemuroidea; in others includes both Lemuroidea and Tarsioidea
   • lemuroidea, suborder lemuroidea - Lemuridae; Lorisidae; Daubentoniidae; Indriidae; used in some classifications instead of Prosimii; in others considered a subdivision of Prosimii
   • strepsirhini, suborder strepsirhini - in some classifications either coextensive with the Lemuroidea or comprising the true lemurs
   • suborder tarsioidea, tarsioidea - in some classifications assigned to the suborder Prosimii
   • dermoptera, order dermoptera - flying lemurs
   • order proboscidea, proboscidea - an order of animals including elephants and mammoths
   • order siluriformes, siluriformes - an order of fish belonging to the superorder Malacopterygii including catfishes
   • gadiformes, order gadiformes - cods, haddocks, grenadiers; in some classifications considered equivalent to the order Anacanthini
   • anacanthini, order anacanthini - at least partially equivalent to the order Gadiformes in some classifications
   • anguilliformes, order anguilliformes, order apodes - elongate fishes with pelvic fins and girdle absent or reduced
   • isospondyli, order isospondyli - most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft-finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon
   • order osteoglossiformes, osteoglossiformes - teleost fish with bony tongues
   • order pediculati, pediculati - anglers and batfishes; spiny-finned marine fishes having pectoral fins at the ends of armlike processes and a long movable spine on the dorsal fin to lure prey to the large mouth
   • order synentognathi, synentognathi - order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks
   • acanthopterygii, superorder acanthopterygii - teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays
   • order perciformes, order percomorphi, perciformes, percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
   • percoidea, suborder percoidea - in some classifications nearly or exactly equivalent to the Perciformes which are considered a suborder
   • discocephali, order discocephali - small order of fishes comprising the remoras
   • mugiloidea, suborder mugiloidea - fishes distinguished by abdominal pelvic fins: families Mugilidae; Atherinidae; Sphyraenidae
   • blennioidea, suborder blennioidea - blennies; butterfishes; gunnels
   • scombroidea, suborder scombroidea - mackerels; tunas; albacores; bonitos; swordfishes; sailfishes
   • ganoidei, order ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales
   • order scleroparei, scleroparei - scorpionfishes; sculpins; gurnards; greenlings; flying gurnards
   • scorpaenoidea, suborder scorpaenoidea - mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards
   • order plectognathi, order tetraodontiformes, plectognathi - boxfishes; filefishes; globefishes; ocean sunfishes; triggerfishes; puffers
   • heterosomata, order heterosomata, order pleuronectiformes - flatfishes: halibut; sole; flounder; plaice; turbot; tonguefishes
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