…ammals) Ray-finned fish Cladistia (14 species: bichirs , reedfish ) Actinopteri Chondrostei (27 species: sturgeons , paddlefish ) Neopterygii Holostei Ginglymodi (7 species: gars , alligator gars ) Halecomorphi (2 species: bowfin , eyetail bowfin ) Teleostei (>32,000 species) Tax…

…ratch the surface, but there are numerous links to family-level ray-finned fish accounts. ( ‘Fishes’ is used interchangeably with ‘ray-finned fishes’ and 'actinopterygians' from this point forward ). Geographic Range Ray-finned fishes inhabit a variety of extreme environments. Th…