Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei

Aulopiformes

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alepisauridae Swainson, 1839
Anotopteridae Zugmayer, 1911
Aulopidae Bonaparte, 1831
Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944
Chlorophthalmidae Garman, 1899
Evermannellidae Fowler, 1901
Ipnopidae Gill, 1884
Notosudidae Parr, 1928
Omosudidae Regan, 1911
Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835
Scopelarchidae Alcock, 1896
Synodontidae Gill, 1861

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: draadzeilvissen
 Japanese: ヒメ目

Literature

basis of record

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

taxonomy source

Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Aulopiformes. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:10308

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, not terrestrial

Importance

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2021-06-30 by Nicolas Bailly

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