Biology:Aulopus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Aulopus
Taxidermied Aulopus filamentosus at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Actinopterygii
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Aulopiformes
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Aulopidae
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Aulopus
Cloquet, 1816
Species

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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

  1. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q3629764 entry