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      • Actinopterygii (/ ˌæktɪnɒptəˈrɪdʒiaɪ /; from actino- 'having rays', and Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
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  2. Actinopterygii (/ ˌ æ k t ɪ n ɒ p t ə ˈ r ɪ dʒ i aɪ /; from actino- 'having rays', and Ancient Greek πτέρυξ (ptérux) 'wing, fins'), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.

    • Teleostei

      Teleostei (/ ˌ t ɛ l i ˈ ɒ s t i aɪ /; Greek teleios...

  3. Di­ver­sity. Actinoptery­gians, or ‘ray-finned fishes,’ are the largest and most suc­cess­ful group of fishes and make up half of all liv­ing ver­te­brates. While actinoptery­gians ap­peared in the fos­sil record dur­ing the De­von­ian pe­riod, be­tween 400-350 mil­lion years ago (Ma), it was not until the Car­bonif­er ...

  4. Actinopterygians are the largest class of vertebrates. There are nearly 25,000 species. They can be found in both fresh water and marine environments from the deep sea to the highest mountain streams. Most of the living species are teleosts, which are late-comers to the fish domain.

  5. The Actinopterygii, or ray-finned fishes, are the largest class of fishes. In existence for about 400 million years, since the Early Devonian, it consists of some 42 orders containing more than 480 families, at least 80 of which are known only from fossils.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › ActinopteriActinopteri - Wikipedia

    Actinopteri / æ k t ɪ ˈ n ɒ p t ə r aɪ / is the sister group of Cladistia in the class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fish). Dating back to the Permian period, the Actinopteri comprise the Chondrostei ( sturgeons and paddlefish ), the Holostei ( bowfins and gars ), and the teleosts .

  7. Actinopterygii, is a major taxonomic class (or subclass) of fish, known as the "ray-finned fishes," whose diverse number of species includes about half of all known living vertebrates and 96 percent of all fish species.

  8. In fish: Actinopterygii: ray-finned fishes. The Actinopterygii, or ray-finned fishes, are the largest class of fishes. In existence for about 400 million years, since the Early Devonian, it consists of some 42 orders containing more than 480 families, at least 80 of which are known only from fossils. The class contains….

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