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Velifer
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Lampriformes
Family:	Veliferidae
Genus:	Velifer; Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
Species:	V. hypselopterus
Binomial name
	Velifer hypselopterus; Bleeker, 1879

Velifer is an Indo-Pacific genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Veliferidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Velifer hypselopterus, the sailfin velifer. This species grows to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in) total length and is of minor importance in commercial fisheries.

References

^ Williams, A. (2020). "Velifer hypselopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123376458A123376558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123376458A123376558.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

Velifer at the Paleobiology Database
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Velifer hypselopterus". FishBase. April 2012 version.

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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Williams, A. (2020). "Velifer hypselopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T123376458A123376558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T123376458A123376558.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

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