Skip directly to main content.

Critter Catalog

Detroit public school kids engaged in BioKIDS activities

ray-finned fishes

Classification

Additional information:

Find information at

Encyclopedia of Life

Osmeriformes

KingdomAnimaliaanimal kingdom
- ClassActinopterygiiray-finned fishes
  - OrderOsmeriformes
    - FamilyAlepocephalidaeSlickheads
    - FamilyArgentinidaeArgentines or herring smelts
    - FamilyBathylagidaeDeep-sea smelts
    - FamilyGalaxiidaeGalaxiids
    - FamilyLepidogalaxiidaeSalamanderfishes
    - FamilyLeptochilichthyidaeLeptochilichthyids
    - FamilyMicrostomatidaePencil smelts
    - FamilyOpisthoproctidaeBarreleyes or spookfishes
    - FamilyOsmeridaeSmelts
    - FamilyPlatytroctidaeTubeshoulders
    - FamilyPlecoglossidaeAyu fish
    - FamilyRetropinnidaeNew Zealand smelts
    - FamilySalangidaeIcefishes or noodlefishes

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

National Science Foundation

BioKIDS home | Questions? | Animal Diversity Web

BioKIDS is sponsored in part by the Interagency Education Research Initiative. It is a partnership of the University of Michigan School of Education, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, and the Detroit Public Schools. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant DRL-0628151.
Copyright © 2002-2024, The Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.