Gasterosteiformes -families

After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994

<==o Gasterosteiformes [incl. Syngnathiformes] (piikkikalat)
   |--o Gasterosteoidei [Thoracostei]
   |  |-- Hypoptychidae ()?
   |  |-- Aulorhynchidae (putkikuonot)
   |  `-- Gasterosteidae (piikkikalat)
   `--o Syngnathoidei [Syngnathiformes]
      |--o Syngnatha
      |  |-- Pegasidae [Pegasoidea; Hypostomides] (korentokalat)
      |  `--o Syngnathoidea [Lophobranchii]
      |     |-- Solenostomidae (kummitusneulat; ghost pipefishes)
      |     `-- Syngnathidae (merineulat)
      |-- Indostomidae [Indostomoidei] (piikkineulat)
      `--o Aulostomoidei
         |--o Aulastomoidea
         |  |-- Aulostomidae (trumpettikalat)
         |  `-- Fistulariidae (kornettikalat)
         `--o Centriscoidea
            |?- †Parasynarcualidae
            |?- †Paraeoliscidae
            |-- Centriscidae (katkarapukalat)
            `-- Macrorhamphosidae (torvikalat)

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600

Mikko's Phylogeny Archive

Gasterosteiformes -families

After Carroll, 1988 and Nelson, 1994

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