Teleostei splits into Elopocephalai and Osteoglossocephalai. There are four orders in Elopocephalai. Osteoglossocephalai splits into Osteoglossocephala and Clupeocephala. There are two orders in Osteoglossocephala. Clupeocephala splits into Otomorpha and Euteleosteomorpha. Euteleosteomorpha will be explored in the following pages. Otomorpha further splits into two orders plus Ostariophysi. Ostariophysi contains the order Gonorhynchiformes and the group Otophysa. Otophysa splits into the order Cypriniformes and the group Characiphysae, which contains three orders.
- Elopocephalai
- Osteoglossocephalai
- Osteoglossocephala
- Clupeocephala (34-V-B)
- Otomorpha
- Alepocephaliformes
- Clupeiformes - Herrings, etc.
- Ostariophysi
- Euteleosteomorpha (page 34-VI)
ALBULIFORMES - BONEFISHES |
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- FAMILY ALBULIDAE
- Bonefish (Albula vulpes) -
EOL
IUCN Map
- Florida Keys, Springfield Wildlife Museum
TEXT
- FAMILY PROTOANGUILLIDAE -
- Palauan Primitive Cave Eel (Protanguilla palau) -
EOL
- SUBORDER ANGUILLOIDEI
- FAMILY ANGUILLIDAE - FRESHWATER EELS
- American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) -
EOL
- Chesapeake, Shedd Aquarium, Adirondacks, Kansas
- FAMILY HETERENCHELYIDAE - MUD EELS
- Pacific Mud Eel (Pythonichthys asodes) -
EOL
- FAMILY MORINGUIDAE - SPAGHETTI EELS
- Spaghetti Eels (Moringua spp.) -
EOL
- SUBORDER CONGROIDEI
- FAMILY COLOCONGRIDAE - SHORTTAIL CONGER EELS
- Colocongrids (Coloconger spp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY CONGRIDAE - CONGER EELS
- Spotted Garden Eel (Heteroconger bassi) - Shedd Aquarium
- FAMILY DERICHTHYIDAE - LONGNECK EELS
- Longneck Eels (Derichthys spp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY MURAENESOCIDAE - PIKE CONGERS
- Pike Conger (Cynoponticus sp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY NEMICHTHYIDAE - SNIPE EELS
- Slender Snipe Eel (Nemichthys scolopaceus) -
EOL
- FAMILY NETTASTOMATIDAE - DUCKBILL EELS
- Duckbill Eel (Leptocephalus sp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY OPHICHTHIDAE - SNAKE EELS
- FAMILY SERRIVOMERIDAE - SAWTOOTH EELS
- FAMILY SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE - CUTTHROAT EELS
- SUBORDER MURAENOIDEI
- FAMILY CHLOPSIDAE - FALSE MORAYS
- FAMILY MURAENIDAE - MORAY EELS
- Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris) -
EOL
- Florida Keys
- Zebra Moray (Gymnomuraena zebra) - Monterey Bay Aquarium
- California Moray Eel (Gymnothorax mordax) - Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Various Moray Eels - Florida Keys, Omaha Zoo, Shedd Aquarium
- FAMILY MYROCONGRIDAE
- Red Eel (Myroconger spp.) -
EOL
- SUBORDER SACCOPHARYNGOIDEI
- FAMILY CYEMATIDAE - BOBTAIL SNIPE EELS
- FAMILY EURYPHARYNGIDAE - GULPERS
- Gulper Eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) -
EOL
- FAMILY MONOGNATHIDAE - ONEJAWS
- FAMILY SACCOPHARYNGIDAE - SWALLOWERS
TEXT
- FAMILY ELOPIDAE - TENPOUNDERS
- Tenpounder (Elops machnata) -
EOL
- FAMILY MEGALOPIDAE - TARPONS
- Tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) -
EOL
- (Florida Keys, Florida Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium)
NOTACANTHIFORMES - SPINY EELS |
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- FAMILY HALOSAURIDAE - HALOSAURS
- Halosaurs (Halosaurus sp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY NOTACANTHIDAE
- Spiny Eels (Notacanthus spp.) -
EOL
- (Worldwide Deep Sea, depths of 125-2500m, temperate zones)
TEXT
- FAMILY HIODONTIDAE - MOONEYES
- Mooneyes (Hiodon spp.) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
TEXT
- SUBORDER NOTOPTEROIDEI
- SUPERFAMILY MORMYROIDEA
- FAMILY GYMNNARCHIDAE
- Freashwater Rat-Tail (Gymnarchus niloticus) -
EOL
- FAMILY MORMYRIDAE - ELEPHANTFISHES
- Elephant Fish (Gnathonemus petersii) -
EOL
- SUPERFAMILY NOTOPTEROIDEA
- FAMILY NOTOPTERIDAE - FEATHERBACKS
- Clown Knifefish (Notopterus chitala) -
NOAH
EOL
NCBI
- SCZ
- SUBORDER OSTEOGLOSSOIDEI
- FAMILY OSTEOGLOSSIDAE - BONY TONGUES
- Arawanas (Osteoglossum spp.) -
EOL
- (Milwaukee Zoo, Omaha Zoo, Baltimore Aquarium)
- Arapaima (Arapaima gigas) -
EOL
- Omaha Zoo
- FAMILY PANTODONTIDAE - BUTTERFLYFISH
- Freshwater Butterfly Fish (Pantodon buchholzi) -
EOL
The order Alepocephaliformes...
- FAMILY ALEPOCEPHALIDAE - SLICKHEADS
- Agassiz' Slickhead (Alepocephalus agassizii) -
EOL
- FAMILY LEPTOCHILICHTHYIDAE
- FAMILY PLATYTROCTIDAE - TUBESHOULDERS
TEXT
- FAMILY CHIROCENTRIDAE
- FAMILY CLUPEIDAE - HERRINGS, SHADS
- Skipjack Herring (Alosa chrysochloris) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Atlantic Herring (Clupea harengus) -
EOL
- FAMILY DENTICIPITIDAE
- FAMILY ENGRAULIDAE - TRIP 2
- Common Anchovies (Anchoa spp.) -
EOL
- (Florida Keys)
- Northern Anchovy (Engraulis mordax) -
EOL
- FAMILY PRISTIGASTERIDAE
- FAMILY SUNDASALANGIDAE - SUNDALAND NOODLEFISHES
- Dwarf Noodlefish (Sundasalanx praecox) -
EOL
TEXT
- SUBORDER CHANOIDEI
- FAMILY CHANIDAE
- Milkfish (Chanos chanos) -
EOL
- (Shedd Aquarium)
- SUBORDER GONORYNCHOIDEI
- FAMILY GONORYNCHIDAE -
- Beaked Salmons (Gonorynchus spp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY KNERIIDAE -
- Shellears (Kneria spp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY PHRACTOLAEMIDAE -
- Hingemouth (Phractolaemus ansorgii)
TEXT
- SUPERFAMILY COBITOIDEA
- FAMILY BALITORIDAE - HILLSTREAM LOACHES
- FAMILY CATOSTOMIDAE - SUCKERS
- Redhorses (Moxostoma spp.) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Buffalos (Ictiobus spp.) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Carpsuckers (Carpiodes spp.) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- FAMILY COBITIDAE - LOACHES
- FAMILY GYRINOCHEILIDAE - ALGAE EATERS
- Algae Eaters (Gyrinocheilus spp.) -
EOL
- SUPERFAMILY CYPRINOIDEA
- FAMILY CYPRINIDAE
- Goldfish (Carassius auratus) -
EOL
- (Common Aquarium Fish)
- Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) -
EOL
- Common Shiner (Luxilus cornutus) -
EOL
- (Shedd Aquarium, Baltimore Aquarium)
- Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
TEXT
- FAMILY ACESTRORHYNCHIDAE - SMALLSCALE PIKE CHARACINS
- Characins (Acestrorhynchus falcatus ) -
EOL
- FAMILY ALESTIDAE
- Yellowtail Tetra (Alestopetersius caudalis) -
EOL
- (Shedd Aquarium)
- FAMILY ANOSTOMIDAE - HEADSTANDERS
- FAMILY CHARACIDAE - CHARACINS
- Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) -
NOAH
EOL
- Peru, (Shedd Aquarium, Milwaukee Zoo)
- Neon Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) -
EOL
- (Common Aquarium Fish)
- Cardinal Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) -
EOL
- (Common Aquarium Fish)
- FAMILY CHILODONTIDAE
- Spotted Headstander (Chilodus punctatus) -
EOL
- FAMILY CITHARINIDAE - CITHARINES
- FAMILY CRENUCHIDAE - SOUTH AMERICAN DARTERS
- FAMILY CTENOLUCIIDAE - PIKE-CHARACIDS
- FAMILY CURIMATIDAE - CURIMATAS
- FAMILY CYNODONTIDAE - DOGTEETH TETRAS
- FAMILY DISTICHODONTIDAE
- FAMILY ERYTHRINIDAE - TRAHIRAS
- FAMILY GASTEROPELECIDAE - FRESHWATER HATCHETFISHES
- Marbled Hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) -
EOL
- FAMILY HEMIODONTIDAE - HEMIODUSES
- FAMILY HEPSETIDAE
- Kafue Pike (Hepsetus odoe) -
EOL
- (Africa)
- FAMILY LEBIASINIDAE - PENCILFISHES, PYRRHULINAS
TEXT
- FAMILY APTERONOTIDAE - GHOST KNIFEFISHES
- Tube-Snouted Ghost Knifefish (Sternarchorhynchus mesensis) -
EOL
- FAMILY EIGENMANNIIDAE
- FAMILY ELECTROPHORIDAE
- Electric Eel (Electrophorus electricus) -
EOL
- (Baltimore Aquarium)
- FAMILY GYMNOTIDAE - NAKED-BACK KNIFEFISHES
- Naked-Back Knifefishes (Gymnotis spp.) -
EOL
- FAMILY STERNOPYGIDAE
- SUPERFAMILY RHAMPHICHTHYOIDEA
- FAMILY HYPOPOMIDAE
- FAMILY RHAMPHICHTHYIDAE
TEXT
- FAMILY AKYSIDAE - STREAM CATFISHES
- FAMILY AMBLYCIPITIDAE - TORRENT CATFISHES
- FAMILY AMPHILIIDAE - LOACH CATFISHES
- FAMILY ANCHARIIDAE
- FAMILY ARIIDAE - SEA CATFISHES
- FAMILY ASPREDINIDAE - BANJO CATFISHES
- FAMILY ASTROBLEPIDAE
- FAMILY AUCHENIPTERIDAE - BARBLESS CATFISHES
- FAMILY BAGRIDAE - BAGRID CATFISHES
- FAMILY CALLICHTHYIDAE - CALLICHTHYID ARMORED CATFISHES
- FAMILY CETOPSIDAE - WHALELIKE CATFISHES
- FAMILY CHACIDAE - SQUAREHEAD CATFISHES
- FAMILY CLARIIDAE - AIRBREATHING CATFISHES
- FAMILY CRANOGLANIDIDAE - ARMORHEAD CATFISHES
- FAMILY DIPLOMYSTIDAE - DIPLOMYSTID CATFISHES
- FAMILY DORADIDAE - THORNY CATFISHES
- FAMILY ERETHISTIDAE
- FAMILY HELOGENEIDAE
- FAMILY HEPTAPTERIDAE
- FAMILY HETEROPNEUSTIDAE - AIRSAC CATFISHES
- FAMILY HYPOPHTHALMIDAE - LOWEYE CATFISHES
- FAMILY ICTALURIDAE - BULLHEAD CATFISHES
- Bullhead Catfishes (Ameiurus spp.) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Blue Catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) -
EOL
- (Kansas)
- Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) -
EOL
- (Shedd Aquarium, Tampa Aquarium)
- Madtoms (Noturus spp.) -
EOL
- (Smokies, Kansas)
- Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) -
EOL
- (Kansas, Shedd Aquarium, Milwaukee Zoo)
- FAMILY LACANTUNIIDAE -
- FAMILY LORICARIIDAE - SUCKERMOUTH ARMORED CATFISHES
- Suckermouth Catfish/Plecostomus (Hypostomus plecostomus) -
EOL
- SCZ, Omaha Zoo
- FAMILY MALAPTERURIDAE - ELECTRIC CATFISHES
- FAMILY MOCHOKIDAE - SQUEAKERS
- FAMILY NEMATOGENYIDAE
- Mountain Catfish (Nematogenys inermis) -
EOL
- (South America)
- FAMILY OLYRIDAE
- FAMILY PANGASIIDAE
- FAMILY PARAKYSIDAE
- FAMILY PIMELODIDAE - LONG-WISKERED CATFISHES
- FAMILY PLOTOSIDAE - EELTAIL CATFISHES
- FAMILY PSEUDOPIMELODIDAE - BUMBLEBEE CATFISHES
- FAMILY SCHILBEIDAE - SCHILBID CATFISHES
- FAMILY SCOLOPLACIDAE
- FAMILY SILURIDAE - SHEATFISHES
- FAMILY SISORIDAE - SISORID CATFISHES
- FAMILY TRICHOMYCTERIDAE - PENCIL CATFISHES
- Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa) -
EOL
- (South America) - Called "Spiky Candiru" in the movie Medicine Man. Has been known to swim into the urethra of a human urinating in the water.
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