Istiophoriformes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
Order: |
Istiophoriformes Betancur-R et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
Istiophorus platypterus (
G. Shaw, 1792)
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Families | |
see text |
Istiophoriformes are an order of bony fish which is not fully recognized by some taxonomists, with some including the two extant families Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae, [1] and others, including the family Sphyraenidae. [2]
The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the Late Paleocene of Peru and Turkmenistan. [3] [4]
The following families are classified under the Istiophoriformes. Three are extant, and three are extinct: [2] [5]
Istiophoriformes Temporal range:
| |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
Order: |
Istiophoriformes Betancur-R et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
Istiophorus platypterus (
G. Shaw, 1792)
| |
Families | |
see text |
Istiophoriformes are an order of bony fish which is not fully recognized by some taxonomists, with some including the two extant families Xiphiidae and Istiophoridae, [1] and others, including the family Sphyraenidae. [2]
The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the Late Paleocene of Peru and Turkmenistan. [3] [4]
The following families are classified under the Istiophoriformes. Three are extant, and three are extinct: [2] [5]