Aulorhynchidae

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Aulorhynchidae
Tube-snout (Aulorhynchus flavidus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Gasterosteoidei
Family: Aulorhynchidae
Gill, 1861[1]
Genera

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Aulorhynchidae, the tube-snouts, is a small

suborder Gasterosteoidei in the order Scorpaeniformes
. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Aulorhynchidae was first proposed as a family in 1861 by the American

Hypoptychidae,[5][6] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World puts this taxon in the family Aulorhynchidae.[3]

Etymology

Aulorhynchidae is derived from its type genus, Aulorhynchus, the name of which is a combination of aulos, meaning "flute", and rhynchus, which means "snout", a reference to the flexible tubular snout of the tube-snout.[7]

Genera and species

Aulorhynchidae includes two monospecific genera, i.e. the family comprises 2 species:[3]

Characteristics

Aulorhyncidae tubesnouts are characterised by looking like elongated sticklebacks as they have long, slender bodies and have a series of 15 small spines to the front of the dorsal fin. Like related taxa these fishes produce an adhesive substance in their kidneys which they use to create egg masses which are then attached to kelp in Aulorhynchus and inside ascidians in Aulichthys.[8]

Distribution

Aulorhyncidae tubesnouts are found in the northern Pacific Ocean, Aulorhynchus from Alaska to California and Aulichthys from the north western Pacific Ocean.[3]

References

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  2. JSTOR 4059552
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    on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
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  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aulichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  6. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2022). "Hypoptychidae" in FishBase. June 2022 version.
  7. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (3 August 2021). "Order Perciformes Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Gasterosteales: Families: Hypoptychidae, Aulorhynchidae and Gasterosteidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  8. ISBN 0-12-547665-5
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