Cyprinodontoidei
Guatemalan Killifish Fundulopanchax gardneri
Anableps anableps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Cyprinodontoidei
Parenti, 1981[1]

Cyprinodontoidei is a suborder of fishes, one of the two suborders in the order Cyprinodontiformes. The Cyprinodontoidei consists of four superfamilies which are found in the Americas, the Mediterranean and in Africa, including Madagascar.[2]

Classification

The Cyprinodontoidei is subdivided into superfamilies and families, which are:[2][3][4]

Guppy

References

  1. A.C. Radda; E. Purzl (1987). Colour Atlas of Cyprinodonts of the Rain Forests of Tropical Africa (PDF). Hofmann. p. 7.
  2. 1 2 J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 372. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  4. "Cyprinodontoidei". users.atw.hu. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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