Family Halosauridae - Halosaurs
  Order
:
Halosauridae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 3 | Species : 16 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
upper   Cretaceous    
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
Distribution: global. Deep sea. Teeth present in premaxilla and maxilla. Branchiostegal membranes not united; rays 9-23. Dorsal fin far anterior to anus, with 9-13 soft rays and spineless. Cavernous lateral line stretches over the entire body length lateroventrally. Relatively large scales; less than 30 lateral series of scales on each side.
  Etymology
:
Greek, hals = sea + Greek, sauros = lizard ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Elopocephalai | | Elopomorpha | | | | | | | | | | Notacanthiformes | | | Halosauridae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Halosauridae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Halosaurus ovenii Johnson, 1864
acceptedseniororiginal
! Halosaurus oweni Johnson, 1864
synonymseniororiginal
! Halosaurus owenii Johnson, 1864
synonymseniororiginal
! Halosaurus oveni Marshall, 1962
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Halosaurus carinicauda (Alcock, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Halosaurus guentheri Goode & Bean, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
! Halosaurus guntheri Goode & Bean, 1896
synonymseniororiginal
Halosaurus johnsonianus (non Vaillant, 1888)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Halosaurus radiatus Garman, 1899
acceptedseniororiginal
Halosaurus pectoralis McCulloch, 1926
acceptedseniororiginal
Halosaurus ridgwayi (Fowler, 1934)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Aldrovandia ridgwayi (Fowler, 1934)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Halosaurus macrochir Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Aldrovandia macrochir (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
! Halosauropsis macrochira (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Halosaurus niger Gilchrist, 1906
synonymjuniororiginal
Aldrovandia rostrata (Günther, 1878)
acceptedseniornew
Halosaurus rostratus Günther, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Halosauropsis rostratus (Günther, 1878)
synonymseniornew
Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)
acceptedseniornew
Halosaurus affinis Günther, 1877
synonymseniororiginal
Halosauropsis affinis (Günther, 1877)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Halosaurus hoskynii Alcock, 1890
synonymjuniororiginal
Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888)
acceptedseniornew
Halosaurus phalacrus Vaillant, 1888
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Aldrovandia kauaiensis (Gilbert, 1905)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896
acceptedseniororiginal
Halosauropsis gracilis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
synonymseniornew
Halosaurus gracilis (Goode & Bean, 1896)
synonymseniornew
Aldrovandia oleosa Sulak, 1977
acceptedseniororiginal
Aldrovandia mediorostris (non Günther, 1887)
misappliedmisappliednew
Halosaurus phalacrus (non Vaillant, 1888)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
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