Alepisauriformes

Taxobox
name = Alepisauriformes
fossil_range=Early Cretaceous - present

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image_caption = Sand diver, "Synodus intermedius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
infraphylum = Gnathostomata
superclassis = Osteichthyes
classis=Actinopterygii
ordo=Alepisauriformes
ordo_authority=Regan, 1911

Alepisauriformes (meaning "lizard form without scales") is an order of fish described by Regan in 1911. The only living genus of this order is "Alepisaurus" (lancetfishes). A Russian fossil of "Apateodus" dates back around 112 million years.

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