Exocoetoidei is a suborder of the order Beloniformes, which is sometimes known as the Belonoidei. It contains two superfamilies and five families.
Classification
Exocoetoidei is classified as follows:23
- Suborder Exocoetoidei
- Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859
- Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes)
- Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries)
- Superfamily Exocoetoidea
- Family Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 (Flying fishes)
- Family Hemiramphidae Gill, 1859 (Halfbeaks)
- Family Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 (Freshwater halfbeaks)
- Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859
References
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-28. 978-1-118-34233-6 ↩
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 365. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-28. 978-1-118-34233-6 ↩
Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480 ↩