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| Alepisauriformes | |
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| Variegated lizardfish, Synodus variegatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepisauriformes Regan, 1911 |
Alepisauriformes is an order of prehistoric fish described by Regan in 1911. The only living genus of this order is Alepisaurus (lancetfishes).
Alepisauriformes includes the following genera:
- Alepisaurus (lancetfishes, the only living genus)
- Apateodus
- Apateopholis
- Argillichthys
- Cheirothrix
- Cyranichthys
- Dercetis
- Dercetoides
- Drimys
- Eurypholis
- Evermanella
- Exocoetoides
- Halec
- Hemisaurida
- Holosteus
- Ichthyotringa
- Leptecodon
- Lestidiops
- Palaeolycus
- Pantophilus
- Paralepis
- Parascopelus
- Parenchodus
- Pelargorhynchus
- Phylactocephalus
- Prionolepis
- Rharbichthys
- Rhynchodercetis
- Saurida
- Saurorhamphus
- Stratodus
- Synodus
- Telepholis
- Volcichthys
References
http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35553&is_real_user=1
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