Polypteriformes

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Polypteriformes

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annotated classification

In fish: Annotated classification
Order Polypteriformes (bichirs and reedfish) Relationships controversial, placed in own subclass by some and thought related to crossopterygians by others. Typical chondrostean characters, such as ganoid scales and a paleoniscoid type of preopercle. Fins modified into long continuous dorsal, tail diphycercal. Freshwater, Africa. Late Cretaceous to…
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relationship to chondrosteans

In chondrostean
and reedfish of Africa (order Polypteriformes), but this remains a subject of much debate. Many taxonomists argue that the subclass Chondrostei is a paraphyletic group—that is, a taxonomic group that does not include all descendants of a common ancestor.
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