Aulopus

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: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Section: Aulopa
Ordo: Aulopiformes
Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Aulopidae
Genus: Aulopus
Species: A. bajacali – A. cadenati – A. curtirostris – A. damas – A. diactithrix – A. filamentosus – A. formosanus – A. japonicus – A. microps – A. milesii – A. nanae – A. purpurissatus
Name

Aulopus Cloquet, 1816
References

Aulopus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Carvalho-Filho, A. et al. 2010: First report of Aulopus (Teleostei: Aulopidae) from Southwestern Atlantic, with a review of records and a key to Western Atlantic Aulopoidei species. Zootaxa, 2628: 27–42. Preview PDF
Prokofiev, A.M. 2008: A new species of genus Aulopus from waters of Vietnam (Myctophiformes s. lato: Aulopidae). Journal of ichthyology, 48(1): 134–137.

Aulopus is a genus of flagfins native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Although Aulopus is native to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for the first time in 2010 Aulopus filamentosus (the royal flagfin), was spotted in Brazilian waters. A discovery like this may suggest that these fish can be found in new environments.
Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[1]

Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984 (eastern Pacific flagfin)
Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953 (Guinean flagfin)
Aulopus diactithrix Prokofiev, 2008
Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) (royal flagfin)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Aulopus in FishBase. February 2012 version.

2.Carvalho, A., M. Guy, C. Sampaio. 2010. "First report of Aulopus (Teleostei: Aulopidae) from Southwestern Atlantic with a review of records and a key to Western Atlantic Aulopoidei species". Zootaxa 2628:27-42.