Menoidei
Menoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes belonging to the class Actinopterygii, a diverse group of vertebrates characterized by their bony skeletons. The suborder Menoidei includes the family Menidae, family Xiphiidae and family Istiophoridae.
Members of this suborder are aquatic and exhibit a wide range of adaptations to marine environments.
Taxonomy
Suborder Menoidei- Family Menidae Fitzinger 1873
- Superfamily Xiphioidea
- *Family Xiphiidae Rafinesque 1815
- *Family Istiophoridae Rafinesque 1815
- *Family †Palaeorhynchidae Günther, 1880
- *Family †Blochiidae Bleeker, 1859
- *Family †Hemingwayidae Sytchevskaya & Prokofiev, 2002