? Aulopiformes
Ipnopidae: Bathypterois dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Aulopiformes
Suborders
Enchodontoidei Alepisauroidei Aulopoidei Chlorophthalmoidei Giganturoidei See text for families. Genera Bathymicrops Bathypterois Bathysauropsis Bathytyphlops Ipnops See text for species. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Meta­zoa. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...

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. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...

Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, and some species are hermaphrodites. The 1st-century BC sculpture The Reclining Hermaphrodite, in the Museo Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome In zoology, a hermaphrodite is an organism of a species whose members possess both male and female sexual organs during their lives. ...

Families

• Suborder Enchodontoidei
  • Apateopholidae (extinct)
  • Cimolichthyidae (extinct)
  • Dercetidae (extinct)
  • Enchodontidae (extinct)
  • Eurypholidae (extinct)
  • Halecidae (extinct)
  • Ichthyotringidae (extinct)
  • Prionolepididae (extinct)
• Suborder Alepisauroidei
  • Synodontidae (lizardfishes)
    

    

    Synodontidae: Deepsea lizardfish, Bathysaurus ferox
• Suborder Aulopoidei
  • Aulopodidae (aulopus)
• Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei
  • Bathysauroididae
  • Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes)
  • Ipnopidae
  • Notosudidae (waryfishes)
  • Scopelarchidae (pearleyes)
• Suborder Giganturoidei
  • Anotopteridae (daggertooth)
  • Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes)
  • Giganturidae (telescopefishes)
    

    

    Giganturidae: Gigantura chuni
  • Omosudidae
  • Paralepididae (barracudinas)
  • Pseudotrichonotidae
  • Alepisauridae (lancetfishes)

Genera (three, see text) The Synodontidae is a family of fish that are frequently referred to as the lizard fishes. ... Genera Bathysaurus Harpadon Saurida Synodus Trachinocephalus Synodontidae is a family of fishes known as lizardfishes. ... Genera (three, see text) The Synodontidae is a family of fish that are frequently referred to as the lizard fishes. ... Genera Bathysauroides Chlorophthalmus Parasudis Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fish of the small family Chlorophthalmidae. ... Genera Bathysauroides Chlorophthalmus Parasudis Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fish of the small family Chlorophthalmidae. ... Genera Bathymicrops Bathypterois Bathysauropsis Bathytyphlops Ipnops See text for species. ... Fishes of the Family Anotopteridae, Order Aulopiformes (grinners). ... Genera Coccorella Evermannella Odontostomops Sabertooth fish (also spelt sabretooth) are small, fierce-looking deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the family Evermannellidae. ... Genera Coccorella Evermannella Odontostomops Sabertooth fish (also spelt sabretooth) are small, fierce-looking deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the family Evermannellidae. ... Species Gigantura chuni Gigantura indica Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae. ... Species Gigantura chuni Gigantura indica Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1565x385, 264 KB) Gigantura (Gigantura chuni), a species of telescopefish (family Giganturidae). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1565x385, 264 KB) Gigantura (Gigantura chuni), a species of telescopefish (family Giganturidae). ... Species Gigantura chuni Gigantura indica Telescopefish are small, deep-sea aulopiform fish comprising the small family Giganturidae. ... Genera Arctozenus Lestidiops Lestidium Lestrolepis Macroparalepis Notolepis Paralepis Pontosudis Stemonosudis Sudis Uncisudis The Barracudina are any of about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters. ... Genera Arctozenus Lestidiops Lestidium Lestrolepis Macroparalepis Notolepis Paralepis Pontosudis Stemonosudis Sudis Uncisudis The Barracudina are any of about 50 species of marine fishes of the family Paralepididae, found almost worldwide in deep waters. ... Species Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 Lancetfish (genus Alepisaurus Lowe, 1833) (Lat. ... Species Alepisaurus ferox Lowe, 1833 Alepisaurus brevirostris Gibbs, 1960 Lancetfish (genus Alepisaurus Lowe, 1833) (Lat. ...

References

• J. S. Nelson, Fishes of the World
• "Aulopiformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.