''Aulostomoidei'' is a
superfamily
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of the
order
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* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
Syngnathiformes, which also contains groups such as the
seahorse
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s,
pipefishes and
dragonets. It is one of two superfamilies which make up the
suborder
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Aulostomoidei
''Aulostomoidei'' is a suborder of the order Syngnathiformes, which also contains groups such as the seahorses, pipefishes and dragonets.
Classification
There are two superfamilies within the Aulostomoidei and they are:
* Superfamily Aulost ...
within the Syngnathiformes.
Families
There are two
families
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within the Aulostomoidea and they are:
*
Aulostomidae
The trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubularly-elongated marine fishes in the genus ''Aulostomus'', of the monogeneric family Aulostomidae. The trumpetfishes are members of the order Syngnathiformes, together with the seaho ...
(
trumpetfish
The trumpetfishes are three species of highly specialized, tubularly-elongated marine fishes in the genus ''Aulostomus'', of the monogeneric family Aulostomidae. The trumpetfishes are members of the order Syngnathiformes, together with the seaho ...
es)
*
Fistularidae (
cornetfish
The cornetfishes or flutemouths are a small family, the Fistulariidae, of extremely elongated fishes in the order Syngnathiformes. The family consists of a single genus, ''Fistularia'', with four species, found worldwide in tropical and subtropic ...
es)
Other authorities subsume the Aulostomoidea into the "long-snouted clade" which makes up the suborder Syngnathoidei .
References
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Syngnathiformes