Aulostomoidei Explained

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]

• Superfamily Aulostomoidea
  • Family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)
  • Family Fistularidae (cornetfishes)
• Superfamily Centriscoidea
  • Family Macroramphosidae (snipefishes)
  • Family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)
  • Family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition . Nelson, JS . Grande, TC . Wilson, MVH . amp . 2016 . 10 June 2018 . 13 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200313140909/https://81a86d48-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/fotw5th/home/FotW5Classification.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7coP7L850hc2KblijBZWJQpzKfQY5GAjnopzwval2xwnqist9WExZkxt7SF4OvVwR9AV965qa40-EYcVHCT05XcutxECBaraK4JiAiyzAxdDFtfYwmxnc4qgd7WRfrmAa9Tcd7C54K_LSySz6efxuNIrxKbUgiBWoJRxaW5HwFGnsUfIyPF6xng6Po7_GYRbA0tP9UW-XtL1aWLcrBineCR5HtI3Up70XgyfXNc6fAtPJOyGe5s%3D&attredirects=1 . dead .
2. Ricardo Betancur-R . Edward O. Wiley . Gloria Arratia . Arturo Acero . Nicolas Bailly . Masaki Miya . Guillaume Lecointre . Guillermo Ortí . 3 . 2017 . Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes. 10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. BMC Evolutionary Biology . 17 . 162. 162 . 5501477 . 28683774 . 2017BMCEE..17..162B . free .