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Introduction

Forey et al. (1996) placed the Halosauridae and Notacanthidae in the order Notacanthiformes, whereas Wang et al. (2003), who did not include any halosaurs in their phylogeny, recognised the Albulidae and Notacanthidae as belonging to the Albuliformes. Inoue et al. (2004) included the halosaur Aldrovandia in their study and defined the Albuliformes as comprising the Albulidae, Halosauridae and Notacanthidae. Nelson (1994, 2006) included the families Albulidae, Halosauridae and Notacanthidae in the order Albuliformes. Wiley & Johnson (2010) followed Forey et al. (1996) and included the Halosauridae and Notacanthidae in the order Notacanthiformes.

Here we follow Forey et al. (1996), Nelson et al. (2016) and Wiley & Johnson (2010) and include two families, the Halosauridae and the Notacanthidae in the Notacanthiformes. Shelyagin (2010) described the osteology of representatives of the three halosaurid genera. Both families occur in Australia in deep water on the continental slope, typically in depths greater than 500 m.

General References

Forey, P.L., Littlewood, D.T.J., Ritchie, P. & Meyer, A. 1996. Interrelationships of elopomorph fishes. pp. 175-192 in Stiassny, M.L.J., Parenti, L.R. & Johnson, G.D. (eds). Interrelationships of Fishes. San Diego : Academic Press 496 pp.

Inoue, J.G., Miya, M., Tsukamoto, K. & Nishida, M. 2004. Mitogenomic evidence for the monophyly of elopomorph fishes (Teleostei) and the evolutionary origin of the leptocephalus larva. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(1): 274-286 [Date published July 2004]

Nelson, J.S. 1994. Fishes of the World. New York : John Wiley & Sons 600 pp.

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [113]

Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. 2016. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons 5, 752 pp.

Shelyagin, D.I. 2010. Osteology of Halosauridae (Notacanthiformes). Journal of Ichthyology 50(7): 512-518

Wang, C.H., Kuo, C.H., Mok, H.K. & Lee, S.C. 2003. Molecular phylogeny of elopomorph fishes inferred from mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA sequences. Zoologica Scripta 32(3): 231-241 [Date published May 2003]

Wiley, E.O. & Johnson, G.D. 2010. A teleost classification based on monophyletic groups. pp. 123-182 in Nelson, J.S., Schultze, H.-P. & Wilson, M.V.H. Origin and Phylogenetic Interrelationships of Teleosts. München, Germany : Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil 480 pp. [131]

Common Name References

Nelson, J.S. 2006. Fishes of the World. Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 601 pp. [113] (Halosaurs, Spiny Eels)

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