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Aulopus

Aulopus is a genus of flagfins native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Although Aulopus is native to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for the first time in 2010 Aulopus filamentosus, was spotted in Brazilian waters. A discovery like this may suggest that these fish can be found in new environments.

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Aulopus
Taxidermied Aulopus filamentosus at the Natural History Museum at Tring
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Aulopidae
Genus: Aulopus
Cloquet, 1816
Species

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Aulopus is a genus of flagfins native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Although Aulopus is native to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for the first time in 2010 Aulopus filamentosus (the royal flagfin), was spotted in Brazilian waters. A discovery like this may suggest that these fish can be found in new environments.

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:1

  • Aulopus bajacali Parin & Kotlyar, 1984 (eastern Pacific flagfin)
  • Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953 (Guinean flagfin)
  • Aulopus diactithrix Prokofiev, 2008
  • Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) (royal flagfin)
References

References

2.Carvalho, A., M. Guy, C. Sampaio. 2010. "First report of Aulopus (Teleostei: Aulopidae) from Southwestern Atlantic with a review of records and a key to Western Atlantic Aulopoidei species". Zootaxa 2628:27-42.