Aulostomoidei

Aulostomoidei
Aulostomus maculatus West Atlantic trumpetfish
Dactylopterus volitans Flying gurnard
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Syngnathiformes
Suborder:	Aulostomoidei

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]

References

1. Nelson, JS; Grande, TC & Wilson, MVH (2016). "Classification of fishes from Fishes of the World 5th Edition" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.