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SHARKS; RAYS; EELS; SEA SNAKES; SHOREFISH
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Holacanthus clarionensis
© Copyright Ross Robertson, 2006 · 12
Holacanthus clarionensis
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Overview
In partnership with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Insitute, Panama, Discover Life has an IDnature guide, species pages, and maps to over 1,200 shorefishes of the eastern Pacific. As part of this project, also see

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Identification
Fish of the World

Phylogeny
Scientific group -- Other names
Vertebrata -- Vertebrates

Cephalopoda -- Cephalopods

Clearly "fishes" are a polyphyletic group!!!


Orders of Vertebrate Fishes
Acipenseriformes
Albuliformes
Amiiformes
Anguilliformes
Ateleopodiformes
Atheriniformes
Aulopiformes
Batrachoidiformes
Beloniformes
Beryciformes
Carcharhiniformes
Ceratodontiformes
Cetomimiformes
Characiformes
Chimaeriformes
Clupeiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Cypriniformes
Cyprinodontiformes
Elopiformes
Esociformes
Gadiformes
Gasterosteiformes
Gonorynchiformes
Gobiesociformes
Gymnotiformes
Heterodontiformes
Hexanchiformes
Lamniformes
Lampriformes
Lepidosireniformes
Lepisosteiformes
Lophiiformes
Myctophiformes
Myxiniformes
Notacanthiformes
Ophidiiformes
Orectolobiformes
Osmeriformes
Osteoglossiformes
Perciformes
Percopsiformes
Petromyzontidae
Petromyzontiformes
Pleuronectiformes
Polymixiiformes
Polypteriformes
Pristiophoriformes
Pristiformes
Rajiformes
Saccopharyngiformes
Salmoniformes
Scorpaeniformes
Siluriformes
Squaliformes
Squatiniformes
Stephanoberyciformes
Stomiiformes
Synbranchiformes
Synbranchiformes
Syngnathiformes
Tetraodontiformes
Torpediniformes
Zeiformes

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Acknowledgements
Ashley MacDonald & John Pickering
University of Georgia, Athens

Ross Robertson
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute


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Associates · map
FamilyScientific name @ source (records)
Alcedinidae  Alcedo cristata @ I_HEN (2)
Cerylidae  Megaceryle maxima @ I_HEN (1)

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