- 230 species. The
common names grinners,
lizardfishes and allies, or
aulopiforms are
sometimes used for this group. The
scientific name
means "Aulopus-shaped"...
- swim bladders, and the
stomach is
highly distensible.
Evermannella are
aulopiforms that have
fusiform body structures,
resulting in the fish
being more...
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Fossil of the
Cretaceous aulopiform †Nematonotus longispinus...
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disparity among members of the group. They were
active and fast
predatory aulopiforms that were
important members of the
Cretaceous marine food webs, with...
-
extinct family of
aulopiform ray-finned fish
known from the Cretaceous. It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a
diverse group of
aulopiforms that were dominant...
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Greeneyes are deep-sea
aulopiform marine fishes in the
small family Chlorophthalmidae.
Thought to have a cir****global
distribution in
tropical and temperate...
- from the late
Paleogene to the Neogene.
Other notable extinct Cenozoic aulopiforms include: Argillichthys, a
synodontid lizardfish from the
Ypresian London...
-
family of
aulopiform ray-finned fish
known from the
Early to Late Cretaceous. It is one of the Enchodontoidei, a
diverse group of
aulopiforms that were...
- (bottom-dwelling)
marine and
estuarine bony
fishes that
belong to the
aulopiform fish order, a
diverse group of
marine ray-finned fish
consisting of some...
- The
deepsea lizardfish,
Bathysaurus ferox, is an
aulopiform of the
family Bathysauridae,
found in
tropical and
subtropical seas
across the world. The deepsea...
