Biology:Aulostomoidei

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Short description: Suborder of fishes

Aulostomoidei
Aulostomus maculatus (Trumpetfish - yellow head variation).jpg
Aulostomus maculatus West Atlantic trumpetfish
Dactylopterus volitans.jpg
Dactylopterus volitans Flying gurnard
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Syngnathiformes
Suborder: Aulostomoidei

Aulostomoidei is a suborder of the order Syngnathiformes, which also contains groups such as the seahorses, pipefishes and dragonets.

Classification

There are two superfamilies within the Aulostomoidei and they are:[1]

Other authorities subsume the Aulostomoidea, as well as the Centriscidae (including Macroramphosus), into the "long-snouted clade" which makes up the suborder Syngnathoidei while placing the Dactylopteridae in the "benthic clade".[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q55604483 entry