Fish Guide

Aulopiformes
Ipnopidae: Bathypterois dubius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Actinopterygii   Order: Aulopiformes
Suborders
Alepisauroidei Aulopoidei Chlorophthalmoidei Enchodontoidei Giganturoidei Synodontoidei See text for families.

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.

Many of the aulopiforms are deep-sea fishes, and some species are hermaphrodites.

Families

• Suborder Alepisauroidei
  • Synodontidae (lizardfishes)
    

    Synodontidae: Deepsea lizardfish, Bathysaurus ferox
• Suborder Aulopoidei
  • Aulopodidae (aulopus)
• Suborder Chlorophthalmoidei
  • Bathysauroididae
    Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes)
    Ipnopidae
    Notosudidae (waryfishes)
    Scopelarchidae (pearleyes)
• Suborder Enchodontoidei
  • Apateopholidae (extinct)
    Cimolichthyidae (extinct)
    Dercetidae (extinct)
    Enchodontidae (extinct)
    Eurypholidae (extinct)
    Halecidae (extinct)
    Ichthyotringidae (extinct)
    Prionolepididae (extinct)
• Suborder Giganturoidei
  • Alepisauridae (lancetfishes)
    Anotopteridae (daggertooth)
    Evermannelidae (sabertooth fishes)
    Giganturidae (telescopefishes)
  • 

    Giganturidae: Gigantura chuni
    Omosudidae
    Paralepididae (barracudinas)
    Pseudotrichonotidae

• Suborder Synodontoidei
  • Paraulopidae (grinners)

References

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