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Encyclopedia > Cyprinodontiformes
Cyprinodontiformes

Mummichog
(Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Families

Anablepidae (four-eyed fish)
Cyprinodontidae (pupfish)
Fundulidae
Goodeidae
Rivulinidae
Poeciliidae (live-bearers)
(and others)


The Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, also called the Microcyprini, and comprising mostly small, fresh-water fish. They are closely related to the Atheriniformes and are occasionally included with them. Many popular aquarium fish, such as killifish and live-bearers, belong here.

 

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