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Alepisauriformes
Alepisauriformes (meaning "lizard form without scales") is an order of fish described by Regan in 1911.
A Russian fossil of Apateodus dates back around 112 million years.
There is a living genus, Alepisaurus ( lancetfishes), which used to be classified here, now it is classified in the order Aulopiformes.
Alepisauriformes includes the following genera:
- † Apateodus
- † Apateopholis
- † Argillichthys
- † Cheirothrix
- † Cyranichthys
- † Dercetis
- † Dercetoides
- † Drimys
- † Eurypholis
- † Evermanella
- † Exocoetoides
- † Halec
- † Hemisaurida
- † Holosteus
- † Ichthyotringa
- † Leptecodon
- † Lestidiops
- † Palaeolycus
- † Pantophilus
- † Paralepis
- † Parascopelus
- † Parenchodus
- † Pelargorhynchus
- † Phylactocephalus
- † Prionolepis
- † Rharbichthys
- † Rhynchodercetis
- † Saurorhamphus
- † Stratodus
- Synodus
- † Telepholis
- † Volcichthys