Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

Aulopiformes is an order of marine ray-finned fish consisting of some 15 extant and several prehistoric families with about 45 genera and over 230 species. The common names grinners, lizardfishes and allies or aulopiforms are sometimes used for this group. The scientific name means "Aulopus-shaped", from Aulopus (the type genus) + the standard fish order suffix "-formes". It ultimately derives from Ancient Greek aulós (αὐλός, "flute" or "pipe") + Latin forma ("external form"), the former in reference to the elongated shape of many Aulopiformes. They are grouped together because of common features in the structure of their gill arches. Indeed, many authors have considered them so distinct as to warrant separation in a... full article at Wikipedia

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records:	1,049
Specimens with Sequences :	803
Specimens with Barcodes :	787
Public Records :	121
Species :	171
Species With Barcodes :	159
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Collected from 43 countries. Top 20 :

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Australia [259] unspecified [180] Canada [107] United States [54] South Africa [41] New Zealand [40] Mexico [40]

Belize [39] Atlantic Ocean [37] Taiwan [34] India [25] Panama [23] China [18] Indonesia [17]

Tanzania [13] French Polynesia [12] Seychelles [11] Mozambique [10] Antarctica [9] Barbados [8]

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