Acanthomorphata

Day eight of the Twelve Days of Fishmas! Day seven can be found here. The tag for the whole set will be here. On the eighth day of Fishmas cladistics gave to me... Eight representative basal NeoteleosteiSeven basal euteleostomorphsSix crown OtomorphaFIVE! BOH-NY TONGUES!Four elopomorphs Three HolosteansTwo ChondrosteiAnd a bichir at the base of Actinopterygii Lots of diversity. So many missing groups missing figures... Day 8 is...so many crown groups of Neoteleosts. Just so many. Cladistically, it includes all of the…