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Acipenseriformes
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Acipenseridae (sturgeons) Polyodontidae (paddlefishes) Chondrosteidae[?] extinct Errolichthyidae[?] extinct |
Acipenseriformes is an order of primitive ray-finned fishes that includes the sturgeons and paddlefishes, as well as some extinct families.
Acipenseriform skeletons are largely cartilage.
- Martin Hochleithner[?] and Joern Gessner[?], The Sturgeons and Paddlefishes of the World: Biology and Aquaculture
- Martin Hochleithner[?], Joern Gessner[?], and Sergej Podushka[?], The Bibliography of Acipenseriformes
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