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:^[1]

• Superfamily Aulostomoidea
  • Family Aulostomidae (trumpetfishes)
  • Family Fistularidae (cornetfishes)
• Superfamily Centriscoidea
  • Family Macroramphosidae (snipefishes)
  • Family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)
  • Family Dactylopteridae (flying gurnards)

Other authorities subsume the Aulostomoidea, as well as the Centriscidae (including Macroramphosus), into the "long-snouted clade" which makes up the suborder Syngnathoidei while placing the Dactylopteridae in the "benthic clade".^[2]

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