Ovalentaria

Pseudambassis ranga (Ambassidae), a species in the cladus Ovalentaria

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordines: Atherinomorphae - Blenniimorphae - Cichlomorphae - Mugilomorphae
Familiae (incertae sedis): Ambassidae - Congrogadidae - Embiotocidae - Grammatidae - Opistognathidae - Plesiopidae - Polycentridae - Pomacentridae - Pseudochromidae

Cladus: Atherinomorpha (Atheriniformes, Beloniformes, Cyprinodontiformes)
Traditional Ordines and Subordines: Atheriniformes - Beloniformes - Blennioidei - Cyprinodontiformes - Gobiesocoidei - Mugiliformes [+ various percomorph families, see list below]
[source: Wainwright et al., 2012: 1027, plus taxa implied by their inclusion of the contained families: Gobiesocoidei, Mugiliformes]

Overview of families (40)

Adrianichthyidae - Ambassidae - Anablepidae - Aplocheilidae - Atherinidae - Atherinopsidae - Bedotiidae - Belonidae - Blenniidae - Chaenopsidae - Cichlidae - Clinidae - Cyprinodontidae - Dactyloscopidae - Embiotocidae - Exocoetidae - Fundulidae - Gobiesocidae - Goodeidae - Grammatidae - Hemiramphidae - Isonidae - Labrisomidae - Melanotaeniidae - Mugilidae - Nothobranchiidae - Opistognathidae - Phallostethidae - Pholidichthyidae - Plesiopidae - Poeciliidae - Polycentridae - Pomacentridae - Profundulidae - Pseudochromidae - Pseudomugilidae - Rivulidae - Tripterygiidae - Valenciidae - Zenarchopteridae

Name

• Ovalentaria Smith & Near, in Wainwright et al., 2012: 1027

References

Primary references

• Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Betancur-R., R., Broughton, R.E., Wiley, E.O., Carpenter, K., López, J.A., Li, C., Holcroft, N.I., Arcila, D., Sanciangco, M., Cureton II, J.C., Zhang, F., Buser, T., Campbell, M.A., Ballesteros, J.A., Roa-Varon, A., Willis, S., Borden, W.C., Rowley, T., Reneau, P.C., Hough, D.J., Lu, G., Grande, T., Arratia, G. & Ortí, G. 2013. The tree of life and a new classification of bony fishes. PLOS Currents Tree of Life 2013 Apr 18: 1–45, downloadable Appendix 2 (new classification): 1–21, and downloadable Figure S1 (complete cladogram with annotated classification). DOI: 10.1371/currents.tol.53ba26640df0ccaee75bb165c8c26288 [nonfunctional] . PDF.. Reference page. 
• Near, T.J., Eytan, R.I., Dornburg, A., Kuhn, K.L., Moore, J.A., Davis, M.P., Wainwright, P.C., Friedman, M., & Smith, W.L. 2012: Resolution of ray-finned fish phylogeny and timing of diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109 (34): 13698–13703. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206625109
• Betancur-R, R., Wiley, E., Bailly, N., Miya, M., Lecointre, G. & Ortí, G. 2014. Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 3. HTML Reference page. 
• Betancur-R., R., Wiley, E.O., Arratia, G., Acero P., A., Bailly, N., Miya, M., Lecointre, G. & Ortí, G. 2017. Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17(1): 162. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3 . Reference page.