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Preferred term

Smegmamorpha  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Eel, Swamp
  • Gasterosteiformes
  • Mullet
  • Mullets
  • Seahorse
  • Seahorses
  • Stickleback
  • Sticklebacks
  • Swamp Eel
  • Swamp Eels

Note

  • note entry term SWAMP EELS; EELS is also available

Scope note

  • Group of fish under the superorder Acanthopterygii, separate from the PERCIFORMES, which includes swamp eels, mullets, sticklebacks, seahorses, spiny eels, rainbowfishes, and KILLIFISHES. The name is derived from the six taxa which comprise the group. (From http://www.nanfa.org/articles/Elassoma/elassoma.htm, 8/4/2000)

History note

  • 2002; for STICKLEBACKS use FISHES 1975-2001; for MULLETS use PERCIFORMES 1987-2001

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D023701

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