Grinners, Lizardfishes, and Allies
Aulopiformes
Aulopiformes is a diverse order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families with about 45 genera and over 230 species. The common names grinners, lizardfishes and allies or aulopiforms are sometimes used for this group. The scientific name means "Aulopus-shaped", from Aulopus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". It ultimately derives from Ancient Greek aulós (αὐλός, "flute" or "pipe") + Latin forma ("external form"), the former...
17 branches of this order, most-observed first · about 299 known species
Lizardfishes
familySynodontidae
Flagfins
familyAulopidae
Lancetfishes
familyAlepisauridae
Barracudinas
familyParalepididae
Waryfishes
familyNotosudidae
Greeneyes
familyChlorophthalmidae
Deepsea Tripod Fishes
familyIpnopidae
Deepsea Lizardfishes
familyBathysauridae
Sabertooth Fishes
familyEvermannellidae
Daggertooths
familyAnotopteridae
Cucumber Fishes
familyParaulopidae
Pearleyes
familyScopelarchidae
Hammerjaws
familyOmosudidae
Sand-diving Lizardfishes
familyPseudotrichonotidae
Telescopefishes
familyGiganturidae
Sudidae
familySudidae
Largescale Deepsea Lizardfishes
familyBathysauroididae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49409.