Teleostomi

Teleostomes; Temporal range: Silurian - Present,
	The Atlantic bluefin tuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Eugnathostomata
Clade:	Teleostomi; C. L. Bonaparte, 1836
Subgroups
	†Acanthodii; Euteleostomi ("Osteichthyes") Actinopterygii (majority of all fish); Sarcopterygii (includes tetrapods); ;

Teleostomi is an obsolete^{[according to whom?]} clade of jawed vertebrates that supposedly includes the tetrapods, bony fish, and the wholly extinct acanthodian fish. Key characters of this group include an operculum and a single pair of respiratory openings, features which were lost or modified in some later representatives. The teleostomes include all jawed vertebrates except the chondrichthyans and the extinct class Placodermi.

Recent studies indicate that Osteichthyes evolved from placoderms like Entelognathus, while acanthodians are more closely related to modern chondrichthyes. Teleostomi, therefore, is not a valid, natural clade, but a polyphyletic group of species.^[1]

The clade Teleostomi should not be confused with the similar-sounding infraclass Teleostei.

^ Zhu M, Yu X, Ahlberg PE, Choo B, Lu J, Qiao T, Qu Q, Zhao W, Jia L, Blom H, Zhu Y (October 2013). "A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones". Nature. 502 (7470): 188–93. Bibcode:2013Natur.502..188Z. doi:10.1038/nature12617. PMID 24067611. S2CID 4462506.

[pmid24067611-1] Zhu M, Yu X, Ahlberg PE, Choo B, Lu J, Qiao T, Qu Q, Zhao W, Jia L, Blom H, Zhu Y (October 2013). "A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones". Nature. 502 (7470): 188–93. Bibcode:2013Natur.502..188Z. doi:10.1038/nature12617. PMID 24067611. S2CID 4462506.

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