Alepocephaliformes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Alepocephali
Ordo: Alepocephaliformes

Familiae: Alepocephalidae – Bathylaconidae – Platytroctidae
Name

Alepocephaliformes Marshall, 1962
Synonyms

Alepocephaloidei

References

Marshall, N.B. 1962. Observations on the Heteromi, an order of teleost fishes. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 9: 249–270. Reference page.

Alepocephaliformes is an order of ray-finned fish. It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argentiniformes.[1][2][3]
Subdivisions

Family Alepocephalidae (typical slickheads) (includes former families Bathylaconidae; Leptochilichthyidae)[2]
Family Platytroctidae (including Searsiidae)

References

Betancur-R., Ricardo; Wiley, Edward O.; Arratia, Gloria; Acero, Arturo; Bailly, Nicolas; Miya, Masaki; Lecointre, Guillaume; Ortí, Guillermo (6 July 2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 162. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Alepocephaliformes" in FishBase. April 2021 version.
Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.