Istiophoriformes
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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]
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Istiophoriformes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Clade: | Percomorpha |
Order: | Istiophoriformes Betancur-R et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
Istiophorus platypterus (G. Shaw, 1792) | |
Families | |
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The earliest fossils of this group are of early billfish from the Late Paleocene of Peru and Turkmenistan.[3][4]