Scomberesocoidea

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Beloniformes
Subordo: Belonoidei
Superfamilia: Scomberesocoidea
Familiae: Belonidae - Scomberesocidae - Zenarchopteridae

Name

Scomberesocoidea
References

Aschliman Neil C., Ian R. Tibbetts, Bruce B. Collette (2005) Relationships of sauries and needlefishes (Teleostei: Scomberesocoidea) to the internally fertilizing halfbeaks (Zenarchopteridae) based on the pharyngeal jaw apparatus. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118(2):416-427 DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2005)118[416:ROSANT]2.0.CO;2 (PDF)
Lovejoy, N. R., M. Iranpour, & B. B. Collette (2004) Phylogeny and jaw ontogeny of beloniform fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 44(5):366–377. [1]
Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World, fourth edition. John Wiley, Hoboken, 624 pp. ISBN 0-471-25031-7. ISBN 978-0-471-25031-9. Reference page.

Scomberesocoidea is a superfamily within the suborder Exocoetoidei of the order Beloniformes. It consists of two families which are commonly known as the needlefishes and the sauries.[2]
Classification

The two families within the suborder Scomberesocoidea are:[2]

Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes)
Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries)

References

Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 367–369. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.