subphylum Craniata

fish family - any of various families of fish

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

Chordata, phylum Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord

craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium

Amniota - higher vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals) possessing an amnion during development

Agnatha, superclass Agnatha - superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms

Gnathostomata, superclass Gnathostomata - comprising all vertebrates with upper and lower jaws

class Placodermi, Placodermi - extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws

Chondrichthyes, class Chondrichthyes - cartilaginous fishes

Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

bird genus - a genus of birds

amphibia, class Amphibia - the class of vertebrates that live on land but breed in water; frogs; toads; newts; salamanders; caecilians

amphibian family - any family of amphibians

amphibian genus - any genus of amphibians

reptile family - a family of reptiles

reptile genus - a genus of reptiles

class Reptilia, Reptilia - class of cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrates with completely ossified skeleton and a body usually covered with scales or horny plates; once the dominant land animals

class Mammalia, Mammalia - warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

mammal family - a family of mammals

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

Pisces - a group of vertebrates comprising both cartilaginous and bony fishes and sometimes including the jawless vertebrates; not used technically

Channidae, class Channidae - snakeheads

class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes