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(Redirected from Aplochitonidae) Subfamily of ray-finned fishes

Aplochitoninae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Subfamily: Aplochitoninae
Günther, 1864
Genera

The Aplochitoninae, formerly the family Aplochitonidae, are a subfamily of ray-finned fish that are found in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, mostly in the Indonesian and Australian regions. They are also commonly known as the velvetfishes.

References

  1. "Aplochitoninae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. McDowall, R. M. (1971). "Fishes of the family aplochitonidae". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 (1): 31–52. doi:10.1080/03036758.1971.10419354. ISSN 0303-6758.
  3. Piacentino, Gabriela (2011). "New geographic localities of aplochiton species (Salmoniformes: Aplochitonidae) in the Argentinian Patagonia". Academia.
  4. Allaby, Michael (2014-02-06). A Dictionary of Zoology. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191078972.
Taxon identifiers
Aplochitoninae


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