Family Paralepididae - Barracudinas
Order : Aulopiformes Paralepididae Paralepididae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 8 | Species : 32 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
Division : Marine
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record : upper   Tertiary     Miocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Distribution: circumglobal. Origin of dorsal fin in mid-trunk. Dorsal fin rays 7-16. Anal fin with a long base; fin rays 20-50. Pectoral fin with 11-17 rays. With or without scales on body. Swim bladder lacking. Vertebrae 53-121. Look similar to sphyraenids. Length can reach up to 1 m.
Etymology : Greek, parallelos = parallel + Greek, lepis = scale ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild : nonguarders
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Cyclosquamata | | | | | | | Aulopiformes | Alepisauroidei | | Paralepididae

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

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
acceptedseniororiginal
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Sudis coregonoides (Risso, 1820)
synonymseniornew
Paralepis borealis Reinhardt, 1837
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniorchange in rank
Paralepis barracudina Fowler & Phillips, 1910
synonymjuniororiginal
Paralepis speciosa Bellotti, 1878
acceptedseniororiginal
! Paralepis speciosus Bellotti, 1878
synonymseniororiginal
Paralepis elongata (Brauer, 1906)
acceptedseniornew
Omosudis elongatus Brauer, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Paralepis egei Harry, 1948
synonymjuniororiginal
Lestidium speciosum (non Belloti, 1878)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Sudis brevirostris (Parr, 1928)
synonymseniornew
Paralepis harryi Maul, 1954
synonymjuniororiginal
Maulichthys harryi (Maul, 1954)
synonymjuniornew
Lestidium speciosum (non Belloti, 1878)
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
Paralepis elongata (non Brauer, 1906)
misappliedmisappliednew
Sudis hyalina Rafinesque, 1810
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralepis hyalina (Rafinesque, 1810)
synonymseniornew
! Paralepis hyalinus (Rafinesque, 1810)
synonymseniornew
! Sudis hyaline Rafinesque, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
! Sudis hyalinus Rafinesque, 1810
synonymseniororiginal
Paralepis sphyraenoides (non Risso, 1820)
misappliedmisappliednew
Sudis atrox Rofen, 1963
acceptedseniororiginal
Arctozenus risso (Bonaparte, 1840)
acceptedseniornew
Paralepis risso Bonaparte, 1840
synonymseniororiginal
Arctozenus rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840)
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Notolepis risso (Bonaparte, 1840)
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Notolepis rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840)
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Notolepis rissoi rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840)
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Paralepis rissoi rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840)
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Sudis rissoi (Bonaparte, 1840)
synonymseniornew
Paralepis coruscans Jordan & Gilbert, 1881
synonymjuniororiginal
Arctozenus coruscans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)
synonymjuniornew
Notolepis coruscans (Jordan & Gilbert, 1881)
synonymjuniornew
Paralepis kroyeri Lütken, 1892
synonymjuniororiginal
Paralepis borealis (non Reinhardt, 1837)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Arctozenus australis Ho & Duhamel, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Notolepis coatsi Dollo, 1908
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Stemonosudis gracile (Ege, 1933)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Stemonosudis molesta (Marshall, 1955)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Stemonosudis molestus (Marshall, 1955)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Magnisudis atlantica (Krøyer, 1868)
acceptedseniornew
! Paralepis atlanticus Krøyer, 1868
synonymseniororiginal
Paralepis atlantica Krøyer, 1868
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Paralepis brevis Zugmayer, 1911
synonymjuniororiginal
Sudis bronsoni Parr, 1928
synonymjuniororiginal
Paralepis bronsoni (Parr, 1928)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Paralepis coregonoides (non Risso, 1820)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Magnisudis indica (Ege, 1953)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in species
Magnisudis prionosa (Rofen, 1963)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paralepis atlantica (non Krøyer, 1868)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Uncisudis denticulata Kotthaus, 1967
synonymjuniororiginal
Uncisudis advena (Rofen, 1963)
acceptedseniornew
Pontosudis advena Rofen, 1963
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Uncisudis posteropelvis Fukui & Ozawa, 2004
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralepididae sp. 1 Not applicable
synonymotherother
acceptedseniororiginal
Paralepidinae
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Stemonosudis multifasciata Ho, Russell, Graham & Psomadakis, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
Stemonosudis multifasciatus Ho, Russell, Graham & Psomadakis, 2019
synonymseniororiginal
Stemonosudis retrodorsalis Ho, Russell, Graham & Psomadakis, 2019
acceptedseniororiginal
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