Aulopiformes |
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Ipnopidae: Bathypterois dubius
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Scientific classification |
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Suborders |
Alepisauroidei
Aulopoidei
Chlorophthalmoidei
Enchodontoidei
Giganturoidei
Synodontoidei
See text for families. |
Aulopiformes is an
order of
ray-finned fish consisting of thirteen living families
of marine fish. They are grouped together on the strength of
common features of
pharyngobranchial structure. The common name grinners
is sometimes used for this group.
Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, and some
species are
hermaphrodites.
Families
- Suborder
Alepisauroidei
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Synodontidae (lizardfishes)
Synodontidae: Deepsea lizardfish, Bathysaurus
ferox
- Suborder
Aulopoidei
- Suborder
Chlorophthalmoidei
- Bathysauroididae
Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes)
Ipnopidae
Notosudidae (waryfishes)
Scopelarchidae (pearleyes)
- Suborder
Enchodontoidei
- Apateopholidae (extinct)
Cimolichthyidae (extinct)
Dercetidae (extinct)
Enchodontidae (extinct)
Eurypholidae (extinct)
Halecidae (extinct)
Ichthyotringidae (extinct)
Prionolepididae (extinct)
- Suborder
Giganturoidei
- Alepisauridae (lancetfishes)
Anotopteridae (daggertooth)
Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes)
Giganturidae (telescopefishes)
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Giganturidae: Gigantura chuni
Omosudidae
Paralepididae (barracudinas)
Pseudotrichonotidae
- Suborder
Synodontoidei
References
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J. S. Nelson,
Fishes of the World
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"Aulopiformes".
FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly.
January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.