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# ray-finned fish
Ray-finned fish, or actinopterygians, are members of the class **Actinopterygii**.[^1]
## classification of ray-finned fish
### Salmoniformes (Order)
#### Salmonidae (Family)
##### *Oncorhynchus* (Genus)
###### *Oncorhynchus mykiss* (rainbow trout)
[[Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exhibit alternative reproductive phenotypes with a large inversion that mediates a trade-off between early maturation and later fecundity.]][^2]
- see also: [[genetics#polymorphism|polymorphism]]
[^1]: ‘Actinopterygii’, Wikipedia, last edited 25 February 2026, 12:39 (UTC), <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinopterygii>.
[^2]: Donna L. Maney et al., ‘[[Maney et al. ‘Inside the Supergene of the Bird with Four Sexes’, 2020|Inside the Supergene of the Bird with Four Sexes]]’, *Hormones and Behavior*, vol. 126 (September 2020), p. 14, <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104850>.