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Order of fishes
Istiophoriformes are an
order of
bony fish which is not fully recognized by some taxonomists, with some including the two extant
families
Xiphiidae and
Istiophoridae,
[1] and others, including the family
Sphyraenidae.
[2]
The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the
Late Paleocene of
Peru and
Turkmenistan.
[3]
[4]
Families
The following families are classified under the Istiophoriformes. Three are extant, and three are extinct:
[2]
[5]
References
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^ Betancur-R, Ricardo; Wiley, Edward O.; Arratia, Gloria; Acero, Arturo; Bailly, Nicolas; Miya, Masaki; Lecointre, Guillaume; Ortí, Guillermo (2017).
"Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 162.
doi:
10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3.
ISSN
1471-2148.
PMC
5501477.
PMID
28683774.
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a
b Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016).
"Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Archived from
the original (PDF) on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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^ Friedman, Matt; V. Andrews, James; Saad, Hadeel; El-Sayed, Sanaa (2023-06-16).
"The Cretaceous–Paleogene transition in spiny-rayed fishes: surveying "Patterson's Gap" in the acanthomorph skeletal record André Dumont medalist lecture 2018". Geologica Belgica.
doi:
10.20341/gb.2023.002.
ISSN
1374-8505.
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^ Fierstine, Harry L. (2006-11-01).
"Fossil history of billfishes (Xiphioidei)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 79 (3): 433–453.
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^ Santini, F.; Sorenson, L. (2013).
"First molecular timetree of billfishes (Istiophoriformes: Acanthomorpha) shows a Late Miocene radiation of marlins and allies". Italian Journal of Zoology. 80 (4): 481–489.
doi:
10.1080/11250003.2013.848945.