Larvae moderately elongate, with adipose fin. Distinctive peritoneal melanophore patches or bands characterize larvae of several families (Johnson, 1974, Okiyama, 1988).
Families treated:
Family Alepisauridae (lancetfishes)
Family Chlorophthalmidae (greeneyes)
Family Evermannellidae (sabertooth fishes)
Family Ipnopidae (ipnopids)
Family Notosudidae (paperbones or waryfishes)
Family Omosudidae (omosudids)
Family Paralepididae (barracudinas)
Family Scopelarchidae (pearleyes)
Family Synodontidae (lizardfishes)
Table Aulopiformes
22 geographic zones