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Aulopiformes is an order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of ray-finned fish consisting of thirteen living families of marine fish. They are grouped together because of common features in the structure of their gill arches. The common name grinners is sometimes used for this group.

Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, and some species are hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which partners are not separated into distinct male and female types of individual....
s, with the ability to self-fertilise. In general, aulopiform fish have a mixture of advanced and primitive characteristics, relative to other teleost fish.






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Aulopiformes is an order
Order (biology)

In Biological classification used in biology, the order is a taxonomic rank between class and family . The superorder is a rank between class and order....
 of ray-finned fish consisting of thirteen living families of marine fish. They are grouped together because of common features in the structure of their gill arches. The common name grinners is sometimes used for this group.

Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, and some species are hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which partners are not separated into distinct male and female types of individual....
s, with the ability to self-fertilise. In general, aulopiform fish have a mixture of advanced and primitive characteristics, relative to other teleost fish. Their advanced characters include a swim bladder that lacks any duct, and the position of the maxilla
Maxilla

The maxilla is a fusion of two bones along the palate fissure that form the upper jaw. This is similar to the mandible, which is also a fusion of two halves at the mental symphysis....
ry bone. More primitive features include the position of the pelvic fins far back on the body, and the presence of an adipose fin.

Families


Order Aulopiformes
  • Suborder Alepisauroidei
    • Anotopteridae (daggertooth
      Daggertooth

      The North Pacific daggertooth, Anotopterus nikparini, is a Anotopterus in the family Anotopteridae. It is found off the Pacific Coast of British Columbia, Canada, above latitude 25?N, to depths up to and exceeding 2,000 m....
      )
      Bathysaurus Ferox
      Gigantura Chuni
      ** Alepisauridae (lancetfish
      Lancetfish

      Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus , the only living genus in the family Alepisauridae.Lancetfishes grow up to in length....
      es)
    • Evermannelidae (sabertooth fish
      Sabertooth fish

      Sabertooth fishes are small, fierce-looking deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the family Evermannellidae. The family is small, with just eight species in three genus represented; they are distributed throughout tropical to subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean....
      es)
    • Omosudidae
    • Paralepididae (barracudina
      Barracudina

      Barracudinas are about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters.They are elongated, slender fish with large eyes, and a pointed snout containing fang-like teeth....
      s)
    • Scopelarchidae (pearleye
      Pearleye

      The pearleyes are a family , Scopelarchidae, of Aulopiformes fishes, distinguished by their unique visual system, with two retinas in each eye....
      s)
  • Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei
    • Bathysauroididae
    • Bathysauropsidae
    • Chlorophthalmidae (greeneye
      Greeneye

      Greeneyes are deep-sea Aulopiformes marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 18 species in two genera....
      s)
    • Ipnopidae
      Ipnopidae

      Ipnopidae is a family of fishes in the order Aulopiformes. They are small slender fishes, with maximum length ranging from about to about . They are found in temperate and tropical deep waters of the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
    • Notosudidae
      Notosudidae

      Waryfishes are deep-sea aulopiform fishes in the small family Notosudidae. They are thought to have a circumglobal distribution in sub-Arctic to sub-Antarctic waters....
       (waryfishes)
  • Suborder Enchodontoidei (extinct)
    • Apateopholidae (extinct)
    • Cimolichthyidae (extinct)
    • Dercetidae (extinct)
    • Enchodontidae (extinct)
    • Eurypholidae (extinct)
    • Halecidae (extinct)
    • Ichthyotringidae (extinct)
    • Prionolepididae (extinct)
  • Suborder Giganturoidei
    • Bathysauridae
      Bathysauridae

      The Bathysauridae are a small family of deep water Aulopiformes fish, related to the telescopefishes. There are just two species in the family, both belonging to the genus Bathysaurus....
    • Giganturidae (telescopefish
      Telescopefish

      Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae. There are just two known species, both within the genus Gigatura....
      es)
  • Suborder Synodontoidei
    • Aulopidae
      Aulopidae

      The Aulopidae are a small family of Aulopiformes fish, containing the single genus Aulopus. They are found in most tropical and subtropical oceans, being absent only in the eastern Pacific....
       (aulopus)
    • Paraulopidae (grinners)
    • Pseudotrichonotidae
      Pseudotrichonotidae

      The Pseudotrichonotidae, or sand-diving lizardfishes are a small family of Aulopiformes fish, consisting of just two species in a single genus, Pseudotrichonotus....
    • Synodontidae
      Synodontidae

      The Lizardfishes are a family, the Synodontidae, of Aulopiformes fish. They are found in tropical and subtropical marine waters throughout the world....
       (lizardfishes)