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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Fishes > Smegmamorpha

Preferred term

Smegmamorpha  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Group of fish under the superorder Acanthopterygii, separate from the PERCIFORMES, which includes swamp eels, mullets, sticklebacks, seahorses, spiny eels, rainbowfishes, and KILLIFISHES. The name is derived from the six taxa which comprise the group. (From http://www.nanfa.org/articles/Elassoma/elassoma.htm, 8/4/2000) Order that includes seahorses, sticklebacks, and pipefishes. Common name for fish found mostly in the family Gasterosteidae. The three-spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is frequently studied.

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Entry terms

  • txid129917
  • txid1490020
  • txid43698
  • txid69291
  • txid8189

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  • French

  • txid129917
  • txid1490020
  • txid43698
  • txid69291
  • txid8189

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KGMKTK19-V

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