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Zeiformes
fish order
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major reference
- In atheriniform
…three smaller related orders Beryciformes, Zeiformes, and Lampridiformes, the most primitive groups of the superorder Acanthopterygii, or spiny-finned fishes.
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annotated classification
- In fish: Annotated classification
Order Zeiformes (dories, boarfishes, and relatives) Anal fin with 1–4 spines; pelvic fin with 1 spine and 5–9 branched rays; caudal fin with less than 15 principal rays. Length to about 1 metre (3 feet). 6–7 families, of which the dories, Zeidae, are best known. About…
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features and classification
- In spiny-finned fish
rays—Atheriniformes, Beryciformes, Zeiformes, and Lampridiformes.
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