Alepocephaliformes is an order of marine deep-sea teleost fishes.[2] It was previously classified as the suborder Alepocephaloidei of the order Argentiniformes.[3][4][5]
| Alepocephaliformes | |
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| California slickhead, Alepocephalus tenebrosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Cohort: | Otocephala |
| Superorder: | Alepocephali |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes Marshall, 1962[1] |
| Type species | |
| Alepocephalus rostratus | |
| Families | |
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As an adaptation to a life in the deep-sea, there is no swim bladder, and the ossification of the skeleton is reduced.[2] The largest known member is Narcetes shonanmaruae, the largest deep-sea-endemic bony fish.[6][7]
Subdivisions
edit- Family Alepocephalidae (typical slickheads) (includes former families Bathylaconidae; Leptochilichthyidae)[4]
- Family Platytroctidae (including Searsiidae)
References
edit- ^ Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
- ^ a b The Emerging Phylogenetic Perspective on the Evolution of Actinopterygian Fishes
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2021). "Order Alepocephaliformes". FishBase.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fujiwara, Y.; Kawato, M.; Poulsen, J. Y.; Ida, H.; Chikaraishi, Y.; Ohkouchi, N.; Oguri, K.; Gotoh, S.; Ozawa, G.; Tanaka, S.; Miya, M.; Sado, T.; Kimoto, K.; Toyofuku, T.; Tsuchida, S. (2021). "Discovery of a colossal slickhead (Alepocephaliformes: Alepocephalidae): An active-swimming top predator in the deep waters of Suruga Bay, Japan". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 2490. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.2490F. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-80203-6. PMC 7835233. PMID 33495481.
- ^ Fujiwara, Yoshihiro; Tsuchida, Shinji; Kawato, Masaru; Masuda, Kotohiro; Sakaguchi, Sakiko Orui; Sado, Tetsuya; Miya, Masaki; Yoshida, Takao (2022-07-01). "Detection of the Largest Deep-Sea-Endemic Teleost Fish at Depths of Over 2,000 m Through a Combination of eDNA Metabarcoding and Baited Camera Observations". Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.945758. ISSN 2296-7745.
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