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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Notacanthiformes

Familia: Halosauridae
Genus: Aldrovandia

Aldrovandia is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Halosauridae. This genus currently contains the following recognized species:
Hawaiian halosaur, Aldrovandia phalacra
Aldrovandia rostrata

Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877) (Gilbert's halosaur)
Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & T. H. Bean, 1896 (gracile halosaur)
Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887) (Challenger halosaur)
Aldrovandia oleosa Sulak, 1977 (Bahamas halosaur)
Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888) (Hawaiian halosaur)
Aldrovandia rostrata (Günther, 1878) (rostrate halosaur)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Aldrovandia in FishBase. June 2011 version.

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