Alepocephaliformes
California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Cohort: Otocephala
Superorder: Alepocephali
Order: Alepocephaliformes
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Alepocephaliformes is an order of marine deep-sea teleost fishes.[1] It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argentiniformes.[2][3][4]

As an adaptation to a life in the deep-sea, there is no swim bladder, and the ossification of the skeleton is reduced.[1] The largest known member is Narcetes shonanmaruae.[5]

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References

  1. ^ a b The Emerging Phylogenetic Perspective on the Evolution of Actinopterygian Fishes
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2021). "Alepocephaliformes" in FishBase. April 2021 version.
  4. ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  5. ^ Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): an active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan


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