Halecostomi

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Halecostomi
Amia calva (bowfin)
Hiodon tergisus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Neopterygii
(unranked): Halecostomi
Regan, 1903
Subdivisions

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Halecostomi is the name of a group of neopterygian fish uniting the halecomorphs (represented by the living bowfin and many extinct groups) and the teleosts, the largest group of extant ray-finned fish.[1]

Outdated phylogenetic hypothesis of Actinopterygii proposing a sister group relationship between Amiiformes (Halecomorphi) and Teleostei


The Halecostomi hypothesis and the Holostei hypothesis are two competing hypotheses explaining the evolutionary relationships of living ray-finned fish. The Holostei hypothesis is better supported, rendering the Halecostomi a paraphyletic group (i.e., rejecting the Halecostomi hypothesis).[2][3][4][5]

The Holostei hypothesis posits that Ginglymodi (gars and their fossil relatives) and Halecomorphi form a clade, called Holostei, and that the Holostei are the sister group to the Teleostei.

Neopterygii
Holostei

Ginglymodi (gars and their fossil relatives)

Halecomorphi (bowfin and its fossil relatives)

Teleostei

References

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  1. ^ Patterson C. Interrelationships of holosteans. In: Greenwood P H, Miles R S, Patterson C, eds. Interrelationships of Fishes. Zool J Linn Soc, 1973, 53(Suppl): 233–305
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