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The subclass of Osteichthyes, the bony fishes, that comprise the ray-finned fishes. These include five major clades: the cladistians (reedfishes, or bichirs), chondrosteans (paddlefishes and sturgeons), ginglymodi (gars), halecomorphi (the single species Amia calva, the bowfin), and teleosts (the very large radiation of bony fishes).
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(2008). Acinopterygians. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_41
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