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Alepisauriformes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Sand diver, Synodus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Superclass:	Osteichthyes
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Order:	Alepisauriformes Regan, 1911

Alepisauriformes (meaning "lizard form without scales") is an order of fish described by Regan in 1911.

A Russian fossil of Apateodus dates back around 112 million years.

There is a living genus, Alepisaurus (lancetfishes), which used to be classified here, now it is classified in the order Aulopiformes.

Alepisauriformes includes the following genera:

• †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
• †Saurorhamphus
• †Stratodus
• Synodus
• †Telepholis
• †Volcichthys

Timeline of genera

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Alepisaurus". FishBase. February 2012 version.

External links

• "Alepisauriformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
• "Alepisauriformes". ATW.hu. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

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