Alepisauriformes

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Alepisauriformes Fossil range: Early Cretaceous - present
Sand diver, Synodus intermedius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Order: Alepisauriformes 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

[edit] References

http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35553&is_real_user=1