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ray-finned fishes

Classification

Local animals in this group:

Plains topminnow

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Cyprinodontiformes

KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- ClassActinopterygiiray-finned fishes
  - OrderCyprinodontiformes
    - FamilyAnablepidaeFour-eyed fishes, onesided livebearers & white-eye
    - FamilyAplocheilidaeKillifishes
    - FamilyCyprinodontidaePupfishes
    - FamilyFundulidaeTopminnows and killifishes
      - SpeciesFundulus sciadicusPlains topminnow
        Fundulus sciadicus: information (1)
    - FamilyGoodeidaeSplitfins
    - FamilyNothobranchiidaeAfrican rivulines
    - FamilyPoeciliidaePoeciliids
    - FamilyProfundulidaeMiddle American killifishes
    - FamilyRivulidaeRivulines
    - FamilyValenciidaeToothcarps

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