Alepocephaliformes
Alepocephaliformes | |
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California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Cohort: | Otocephala |
Superorder: | Alepocephali |
Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
Families | |
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Alepocephaliformes is an order of ray-finned fish. It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argentiniformes.
Subdivisions
- Family Alepocephalidae (typical slickheads) (includes former families Bathylaconidae; Leptochilichthyidae)
- Family Platytroctidae (including Searsiidae)