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Taxon: Suborder Alepisauroidei (fish)
Classification by:

[Phylum] Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
   Subphylum Craniata auct.
     Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
       Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
         Class Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - bony fishes and tetrapods see Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
           Subclass Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891 - ray-finned fishes see Class Actinopterygii Woodward, 1891
             Infraclass Actinopteri Cope, 1871 see Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
               Superdivision Neopterygii Regan, 1923 see Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                 Superdivision Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001 see Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                   Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                     Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                       Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                         Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                           Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                             Section Cyclosquamata [monotypic]
                               Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973 - lizardfishes
                                 Suborder Alepisauroidei see Order Aulopiformes Rosen, 1973
                                   01 Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884 - deepsea tripodfishes
                                   02 Family Bathysauropsidae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 see Family Ipnopidae Gill, 1884
                                   03 Family Giganturidae Brauer, 1906 - telescopefishes
                                   04 Family Bathysauroididae Sato & Nakabo, 2002 - largescale deepsea lizardfishes
                                   05 Family Bathysauridae Fowler, 1944 - deepsea lizardfishes
                                   06 Family Chlorophthalmidae Garman, 1899, nom. protect. - greeneyes
                                   07 Family Notosudidae Parr, 1928 - paperbones
                                   08 Family Scopelarchidae Alcock, 1896 - pearleyes
                                   09 Family Evermannellidae Fowler, 1901 - sabertooth fishes
                                   10 Family Sudidae Regan, 1911 - sudid barracudinas see Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835
                                   11 Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835 - barracudinas
                                   12 Family †Enchodontidae Lydekker, 1889, "nom. praeval."
                                   13 Family Alepisauridae Swainson, 1839 - lancetfishes
                                   14 Family Lestidiidae Harry, 1953 - naked barracudinas see Family Paralepididae Bonaparte, 1835

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