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| name = Alepisauriformes | name = Alepisauriformes
|fossil_range=] to present |fossil_range=] - present
| image = Synodus intermedius.jpg | image = Synodus intermedius.jpg
| image_caption = ], ''Synodus intermedius'' | image_caption = ], ''Synodus intermedius''

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Alepisauriformes
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - present
Sand diver, Synodus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Alepisauriformes
Regan, 1911

Alepisauriformes (meaning "lizard form without scales") is an order of fish described by Regan in 1911. The only living genus of this order is Alepisaurus (lancetfishes). A Russian fossil of Apateodus dates back around 112 million years.

Alepisauriformes includes the following genera:

References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35553&is_real_user=1


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