''Paraulopus'' is the only
genus
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in the family Paraulopidae, a family of
grinners in the
order
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Aulopiformes
Aulopiformes is a diverse 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 someti ...
. They are commonly known as cucumberfishes, but locally some other
Teleostei
Teleostei (; Ancient Greek, Greek ''teleios'' "complete" + ''osteon'' "bone"), members of which are known as teleosts ), is, by far, the largest class (biology), infraclass in the class Actinopterygii, the ray-finned fishes, containing 96% of a ...
are also known by that name. They were considered in the Chlorophthalmidae or
greeneye
Greeneyes are deep-sea aulopiform marine fishes in the small family Chlorophthalmidae. Thought to have a circumglobal distribution in tropical and temperate waters, the family contains just 18 species in two genera. The family name Chlorophthalm ...
family until 2001.
The fishes tend to be slender and cylindrical, with large eyes and a large terminal mouth with only slightly protruding lower jaw.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Paraulopus atripes''
Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2003
* ''
Paraulopus balteatus''
M. F. Gomon, 2010 (banded cucumberfish)
* ''
Paraulopus brevirostris''
( Fourmanoir, 1981) (shortsnout cucumberfish)
* ''
Paraulopus filamentosus''
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, 1982)
* ''
Paraulopus japonicus''
( Kamohara, 1956)
* ''
Paraulopus legandi''
( Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979)
* ''
Paraulopus longianalis''
Tomoyasu Sato, M. F. Gomon & Nakabo, 2010 (longfin cucumberfish)
* ''
Paraulopus maculatus''
( Kotthaus, 1967)
* ''
Paraulopus melanogrammus''
M. F. Gomon & Tomoyasu Sato, 2004 (blackline cucumberfish)
* ''
Paraulopus melanostomus''
Tomoyasu Sato, M. F. Gomon & Nakabo, 2010 (licoricemouth cucumberfish)
* ''
Paraulopus nigripinnis''
( Günther, 1878) (cucumber fish)
* ''
Paraulopus novaeseelandiae''
Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002
* ''
Paraulopus oblongus''
( Kamohara, 1953)
* ''
Paraulopus okamurai
''Paraulopus'' is the only genus in the family Paraulopidae, a family of grinners in the order Aulopiformes. They are commonly known as cucumberfishes, but locally some other Teleostei are also known by that name. They were considered in the Ch ...
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Tomoyasu Sato & Nakabo, 2002 (piedtip cucumberfish)
References
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Paraulopidae
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