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Acipenseriformes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order:Acipenseriformes
Families
Acipenseridae (sturgeons)
Polyodontidae (paddlefishes)
Chondrosteidae extinct
Errolichthyidae extinct

Acipenseriformes is an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.

Acipenseriform skeletons are largely cartilage.

References


Ray-finned fish

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