Exocoetoidei

Exocoetoidei is a suborder of the order Beloniformes, which is sometimes known as the Belonoidei. It contains two superfamilies and five families.^[1]

Exocoetoidei
Oxyporhamphus micropterus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Beloniformes
Suborder:	Exocoetoidei
Superfamilies
see text
Synonyms
Belonoidei

Classification

Exocoetoidei is classified as follows:^[1][2]

• Suborder Exocoetoidei
  • Superfamily Scomberesocoidea Bleeker, 1859
    • Family Belonidae Bonaparte, 1835 (Needlefishes)
    • Family Scomberesocidae Bleeker 1859 (Sauries)
  • Superfamily Exocoetoidea
    • Family Exocoetidae Risso, 1827 (Flying fishes)
    • Family Hemiramphidae Gill, 1859 (Halfbeaks)
    • Family Zenarchopteridae Fowler, 1934 (Freshwater halfbeaks)