''Aulopus'' is a genus of
flagfins native to the
Atlantic Ocean
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and the Pacific Ocean. Although ''Aulopus'' is native to both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, for the first time in 2010 ''Aulopus filamentosus'' (the royal flagfin), was spotted in Brazilian waters. A discovery like this may suggest that these fish can be found in new environments.
Species
The recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Aulopus bajacali''
Parin & Kotlyar, 1984 (eastern Pacific flagfin)
* ''
Aulopus cadenati''
Poll
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, 1953 (Guinean flagfin)
* ''
Aulopus diactithrix''
Prokofiev
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, 2008
* ''
Aulopus filamentosus''
(Bloch
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, 1792) (royal flagfin)
References
2.Carvalho, A., M. Guy, C. Sampaio. 2010. "First report of ''Aulopus'' (Teleostei: Aulopidae) from Southwestern Atlantic with a review of records and a key to Western Atlantic Aulopoidei species". Zootaxa 2628:27-42.
Aulopidae
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