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Alepisauroidea

Actinopteri - Aulopiformes

Taxonomy
Alepisauroidea was named by Davis (2010).

It was assigned to Alepisauroidei by Nazarkin (2016), Suzuki (2018) and Ebersole et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Alepisauroidea Davis
2016Alepisauroidea Nazarkin p. 830
2018Alepisauroidea Suzuki
2022Alepisauroidea Ebersole et al. p. 391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Aulopa
orderAulopiformesRosen 1973
suborderAlepisauroidei
superfamilyAlepisauroideaDavis 2010
superfamilyAlepisauroideaDavis 2010

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Alepisauroidea Davis 2010
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Fm. Alepisauridae [lancetfish]
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G. †Apatodus
G. Omosudis Günther 1887 [hammerjaw]
Fm. †Enchodontidae Woodward 1901
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G. †Calypsoichthys Argyriou et al. 2022
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Calypsoichthys pavlakiensis Argyriou et al. 2022
G. †Dagon Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019
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Dagon avendanoi Díaz-Cruz et al. 2019
G. †Enchodus Agassiz 1835
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Subg. †Enchodus (Isodus) Heckel 1849
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Enchodus amicrodus Stewart 1898
Enchodus anceps Cope 1872
Enchodus brevis Chalifa 1989
Enchodus calliodon Cope 1872
Enchodus carinatus Cope 1869
Enchodus dirus Leidy 1857
Enchodus dolichus Cope 1875
Enchodus elegans Dartevelle and Casier 1949
Enchodus faujasi Agassiz 1843
Enchodus ferox Leidy 1855
Enchodus gentryi Cope 1875
Enchodus gladiolus Cope 1872
Enchodus gracilis der Marck 1858
Enchodus lamberti Arambourg and Joleaud 1943
Enchodus lemonnieri Dello 1893
Enchodus lewesiensis Mantell 1822
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Invalid names: Enchodus annectens Woodward 1901 [synonym], Enchodus halocyon Agassiz 1835 [synonym]
Enchodus longidens Pictet 1850
Enchodus longipectoralis Schaeffer 1947
Enchodus major Davis 1887
Enchodus marchesettii Gorjanović-Kramberger 1895
Enchodus mecoanalis Forey et al. 2003
Enchodus oliveirai Maury 1930
Enchodus oxytomus Cope 1875
Enchodus parvus Stewart 1898
Enchodus petrosus Cope 1874
Enchodus pressidens Cope 1889
Enchodus recurvus Davis 1887
Enchodus saevus Hay 1903
Enchodus semistriatus Marsh 1869
Enchodus shumardi Leidy 1856
Enchodus tetraecus Cope 1875
Enchodus tineidae Holloway et al. 2017
Enchodus venator Arambourg 1954
Enchodus zipapanensis Fielitz and González-Rodríguez 2010
Invalid names: Ischyrocephalus von der Marck 1858 [synonym], Tetheodus Cope 1874 [synonym]
Subfm. †Eurypholinae Fielitz 2004
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G. †Vegrandichthys Díaz-Cruz et al. 2020
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Vegrandichthys coitecus Díaz-Cruz et al. 2020
G. †Leptecodon Williston 1899
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Leptecodon rectus Williamson 1899
G. †Palaeolycus von der Marck 1863
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Palaeolycus dreginensis von der Marck 1863
G. †Pantopholis Davis 1887
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Pantopholis dorsalis Davis 1887
G. †Parenchodus Raab and Chalifa 1987
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Parenchodus longipterygius Raab and Chalifa 1987
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Rharbichthys ferox Arambourg 1954
G. †Unicachichthys Díaz-Cruz et al. 2016
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Unicachichthys multidentata Díaz-Cruz et al. 2016
Fm. †Polymerichthyidae Uyeno 1967
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G. †Polymerichthys Uyeno 1967
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Polymerichthys nagurai Uyeno 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available