Euteleostei

Euteleostei
Temporal range: Inferred Late Triassic origins
Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Clupeocephala
Cohort: Euteleostei
Greenwood et al., 1966
Subdivisions

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Synonyms
  • Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966

Euteleostei, whose members are known as euteleosts, is a clade of bony fishes within Teleostei that evolved some 240 million years ago, although the oldest known fossil remains are only from the Early Cretaceous. It is divided into Protacanthopterygii (including the salmon and dragonfish) and Neoteleostei (including the lanternfish, lizardfish, oarfish, and Acanthopterygii).

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