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Taxon: Suborder Alepisauroidei (fish)
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Infraphylum [Gnathostomata] Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates see Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874
   Megaclass Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
     Superclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 see Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
       Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
         Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
           Infraclass Teleostei Müller, 1845 see Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
             Megacohort Osteoglossocephalai
               Supercohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977 see Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                 Cohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966 see Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                   Subcohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969 see Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                     Infracohort Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973 see Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                       Section Cyclosquamata [monotypic]
                         Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
                           Suborder Alepisauroidei see Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973
                             01 Family Alepisauridae Swainson, 1839 - lancetfishes
                             02 Family Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944 - deepsea lizardfishes
                             03 Family Chlorophthalmidae Garman, 1899, nom. protect. [non-monophyletic] - greeneyes
                             04 Family Evermannellidae Fowler, 1901 - sabertooth fishes
                             05 Family Giganturidae Brauer, 1906 - telescopefishes
                             06 Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884 [non-monophyletic] - deepsea tripodfishes
                             07 Family Lestidiidae Harry, 1953 - naked barracudinas see Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835
                             08 Family Notosudidae Parr, 1928 - paperbones
                             09 Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835 [non-monophyletic] - barracudinas
                             10 Family Scopelarchidae Alcock, 1896 [non-monophyletic] - pearleyes
                             11 Family Sudidae Regan, 1911 - sudid barracudinas see Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835
                             12 Family Bathysauroididae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 - largescale deepsea lizardfishes
                             13 Family Bathysauropsidae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 see Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884

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