Osmeriformes

Translingual

Etymology

Osmerus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Osmeriformes

1. A taxonomic order within the class Teleostei – freshwater smelts and closely related fish.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class

Hyponyms

• (order): Osmeridae (smelts), Plecoglossidae (ayu or sweetfish), Retropinnidae (New Zealand smelts), Salangidae (icefishes or noodlefishes) - families

References

• Osmeriformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osmeriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Osmeriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Osmeriformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Osmeriformes at World Register of Marine Species
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248