Family Alepisauridae (lancetfish)

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Alepisauridae

Parent taxon: Alepisauroidea according to H. Suzuki 2018

See also Betancur et al. 2013, Khajuria and Prasad 1998, Kriwet 2003 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Enchodontidae, Polymerichthyidae

Subtaxa: Alepisaurus Apatodus Omosudis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), Japan (1), United States (3: Virginia)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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