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Order Summary for Aulopiformes
Main Ref.:	Nelson, J.S., 1994
Order:	Aulopiformes    grinners
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Sister Order:	Myctophiformes     70 M years
Ref.:	Carroll, R., 1988     Helfman, G., B. Collette and D. Facey, 1997
First fossil record:	late Cretaceous
Occurs in:	Marine      Freshwater      Brackish
Remarks:	Second pharyngobranchial greatly elongated posterolaterally, extending away from third pharyngobranchial, with elongated uncinate process of second epibranchial contacting third pharyngobranchial, and third pharyngobranchial lacking cartilaginous condyle for articulation of second epibranchial.
Class etymology:	Greek aktis = ray, thunderbolt, beam + Greek pterygion, diminutive of pteryx = wing, fin. Ref. 45335.
Order etymology:	Greek, aulopias= fistula, pipe, flute; a kind of fistulated fish named "Fistularia" + Latin, forma = shape. Fistula, 1481. Ref. 45335.
Families:	13 Alepisauridae , Anotopteridae , Aulopidae , Bathysauridae , Bathysauroididae , Bathysauropsidae , Chlorophthalmidae , Evermannellidae , Giganturidae , Ipnopidae , Notosudidae , Omosudidae , Paralepididae , Paraulopidae , Pseudotrichonotidae , Scopelarchidae , Synodontidae

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