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Aulopiformes

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Aulopiformes
Aulopiformes is a diverse order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families with about 45 genera and over 230 species. The common names grinners, lizardfishes and allies, or aulopiforms are sometimes used for this group. They are included in the superorder Cyclosquamata, though modern taxonomists consider this superorder to be unwarranted.
hammerjaw
The hammerjaw, Omosudis lowii, is a small deep-sea aulopiform fish, found worldwide in tropical and temperate waters to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) depth. It is the only representative of its family, Omosudidae (from the Greek omo, "shoulder", and Latin sudis, either "esox, fish of the Rhine" or "stake").
Deepsea lizardfish
species of fish
Pseudotrichonotus
Pseudotrichonotus is a genus of fish in the family Pseudotrichonotidae native to the Indian and Pacific Ocean. This genus is the only member of its family.
Bathysaurus mollis
species of fish
Bathysauropsis
Bathysauropsis is the only genus in the lizard greeneye family, Bathysauropsidae, a group of deep-sea fishes.
Black lizardfish
species of fish
Cimolichthys
Cimolichthys (Greek for "chalk fish") is an extinct genus of large predatory marine aulopiform ray-finned fish known worldwide from the Late Cretaceous. It is the only member of the family Cimolichthyidae.
Bathysauridae
thumb|244px|Bathysaurus use their lower jaw to scoop in the sand
Ichthyotringa
thumb|left|Fossil
Prionolepis
Prionolepis is a genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish belonging to the order Alepisauriformes.