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Osmeriformes

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osmeriformes

Suborders

Argentinoidei
Osmeroidei
See text for families. Rainbow Smelt ( Osmerus mordax) is an Anadromous Species of Fish inhabiting rivers and coastal areas of North America from Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes.

Osmeriformes is an order of ray-finned fish that includes various kinds of smelts, noodlefishes, and the odd-looking barreleyes. This article is about the taxonomic rank for the sequence of species in a taxonomic list see Taxonomic order In scientific classification used The Actinopterygii (the plural form of Actinopterygius) comprise the class of the ray-finned fishes. Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes Icefishes or noodlefishes are a family Salangidae of Fish. The family consists of some 20 species in six genera Barreleyes, also known as spookfish (a name also applied several species of chimaera) are small deep-sea odd-looking Osmeriform Fish comprising The order consists of fourteen families with about 240 species total.

Characteristics of the order include the maxilla in the gape of the mouth, radii absent from the scales, and loss of the basisphenoid and orbitosphenoid bones. This article is about the Mammal maxilla For Arthropod maxillae see Mouthparts; for Insect maxillae in particular see Insect mouthparts Almost all osmeriforms spawn in fresh water, but many are anadromous and found in temperate oceans worldwide. Freshwater is a word that refers to bodies of water such as Ponds lakes rivers and streams containing low concentrations of dissolved Salts and other Total dissolved Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis on time scales ranging from daily to annual and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers

The Argentinoidei are characterized by the presence of a crumenal organ, consisting of additional cartilage and gill rakers on the 5th ceratobranchial, while the Osmeroidea are notable for having their eggs surrounded by an adhesive membrane. The Anatomy of Fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of Water, which is much denser than air holds a relatively small amount of dissolved Some classifications split the Argentinoidei genera Holtbyrnia, Maulsia, and Pellisolus out of the Platytroctidae family and into their own family called Searsiidae. Platytroctidae, or tubeshoulders are a family of fishes in the order Osmeriformes.

Classification

Suborder Argentinoidei
- Superfamily Alepocephaloidea
  - Alepocephalidae (slickheads)
  - Leptochilichthyidae
  - Platytroctidae
- Superfamily Argentinoidea
Suborder Osmeroidei
- Superfamily Galaxoidea
- Superfamily Osmeroidea
  - Osmeridae (smelts)
  - Plecoglossidae (ayu fishes)
  - Salangidae (noodlefishes)

References

"Osmeriformes". Slickheads or nakedheads are a family Alepocephalidae, of Osmeriform fishes Slickheads or nakedheads are a family Alepocephalidae, of Osmeriform fishes Platytroctidae, or tubeshoulders are a family of fishes in the order Osmeriformes. The herring smelts or argentines are a family Argentinidae, of Osmeriform fishes The herring smelts or argentines are a family Argentinidae, of Osmeriform fishes The deep-sea smelts are a family Bathylagidae, of Osmeriform fishes The deep-sea smelts are a family Bathylagidae, of Osmeriform fishes Microstomatidae is a family of Osmeriform fishes They are native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans Species There Barreleyes, also known as spookfish (a name also applied several species of chimaera) are small deep-sea odd-looking Osmeriform Fish comprising Barreleyes, also known as spookfish (a name also applied several species of chimaera) are small deep-sea odd-looking Osmeriform Fish comprising The Galaxiids are a family of mostly small freshwater Fish. Representatives occur throughout the southern hemisphere including South Africa, South America The salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, is the only species in the family Lepidogalaxiidae. The salamanderfish, Lepidogalaxias salamandroides, is the only species in the family Lepidogalaxiidae. Retropinnidae is a family of Bony fish that contains the southern hemisphere smelts and graylings. The New Zealand smelt, New Zealand common smelt, or New Zealand cucumber fish, Retropinna retropinna, is a Smelt of the genus Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes Smelts are a Family, Osmeridae, of small Anadromous Fish. They are common in the North American Great Lakes and in the lakes The ayu (アユ鮎(香魚 or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is an amphidromous Fish, the only Species in The ayu (アユ鮎(香魚 or sweetfish, Plecoglossus altivelis, is an amphidromous Fish, the only Species in Icefishes or noodlefishes are a family Salangidae of Fish. The family consists of some 20 species in six genera Icefishes or noodlefishes are a family Salangidae of Fish. The family consists of some 20 species in six genera FishBase. FishBase is a comprehensive Database of information about Fish. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N. p. : FishBase, 2006.
Osmeriformes (TSN 553133). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Integrated Taxonomic Information System ( ITIS) is a partnership designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the Taxonomy of biological Species
J. S. Nelson, Fishes of the World

Fishes of the World by Joseph S Nelson is a standard reference for Fish Systematics.

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