Centriscoidea Explained

Centriscoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Aulostomoidei, part of the order which includes the sea horses, pipefishes and dragonets, the Syngnathiformes. They are characterised by having the 5-6 anterior vertebrae being elongated and the pelvic fin has a single spine and four rays.

Families

There are currently three families classified under the Centriscoidea, although some authorities subsume the Macropamphosidae into the Centriscidae.^[1] The families currently classified in this superfamily are:^[2]

• Macroramphosidae (snipefish)
• Centriscidae (shrimpfish)
• Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

Notes and References

1. Ricardo Betancur-R . Edward O. Wiley . Gloria Arratia . Arturo Acero . Nicolas Bailly . Masaki Miya . Guillaume Lecointre . Guillermo Ortí . 3 . 2017 . Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes . 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. BMC Evolutionary Biology . 17 . 162. 162 . 5501477 . 28683774 . free .
2. Web site: Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition . Nelson, JS . Grande, TC . Wilson, MVH . amp . 2016 . 10 June 2018 . 13 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200313140909/https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coP7L850hc2KblijBZWJQpzKfQY5GAjnopzwval2xwnqist9WExZkxt7SF4OvVwR9AV965qa40-EYcVHCT05XcutxECBaraK4JiAiyzAxdDFtfYwmxnc4qgd7WRfrmAa9Tcd7C54K_LSySz6efxuNIrxKbUgiBWoJRxaW5HwFGnsUfIyPF6xng6Po7_GYRbA0tP9UW-XtL1aWLcrBineCR5HtI3Up70XgyfXNc6fAtPJOyGe5s%3D&attredirects=1 . dead .