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Smegmamorpha

Medical Definition: 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 https://www.nanfa.org/articles/Elassoma/elassoma.htm, 8/4/2000)
Guide Notes: note X ref SWAMP EELS; EELS is also available
Also Called: Sticklebacks,Gasterosteiformes,Seahorses,Mullets,Swamp Eels
Smegmamorpha Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Beloniformes - An order of fish in the group SMEGMAMORPHA, comprising adrianichthyids, medakas (ORYZIAS), needlefishes, halfbeaks, and flying fishes.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cyprinodontiformes - An order of fish with eight families and numerous species of both egg-laying and livebearing fish. Families include Cyprinodontidae (egg-laying KILLIFISHES), FUNDULIDAE (topminnows), Goodeidae (Mexican livebearers), Jenynsiidae (jenynsiids), Poeciliidae (livebearers), Profundulidae (Middle American killifishes), Aplocheilidae, and Rivulidae (rivulines). In the family Poeciliidae, the guppy and molly belong to the genus POECILIA.

Smegmamorpha Medical Definitions and Terms

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