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Definition of Alepisaurus
1. Noun. Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Member holonyms: Lancet Fish, Lancetfish, Wolffish, Handsaw Fish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alepisaurus
Literary usage of Alepisaurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Genera of Fishes ...: A Contribution to the Stability of Scientific by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1917)
"LOWE, Description of a New Genus of Acanthopterygian Fishes: Proc. Zool. Soc.
London, 1833. RICHARD THOMAS LOWE. Alepisaurus Lowe, 104 ; type Alepisaurus ..."
2. A Check-list of the Fishes and Fishlike Vertebrates of North and Middle America by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"Alepisaurus aesculapius (Beau). Sabatka; Jl'olf-fish. Coast of Alaska to California;
Unalaska and ... Alepisaurus serra (Gill), ferra. Monterey, California. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology (1864)
"Voy. Ereb. c<jr Terr. Fish. p. 34. pi. 22. figs. 1-4. Alepisaurus ferox, Lowe,
Trans. Zool. Soc. i. pi. 19, and p. 395. pi. 59; Cuv. fy Vol. xxii. p. ..."
4. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1905)
"Hutt-on, FW Alepisaurus ferox on the coast of New Zealand. Wellington, Trans. N.
Zeal. Inst., 34, 1902, (197). [5131]. ..."
5. The History of Tasmania by John West (1852)
"The best for this purpose would be that commonly known as the "king-fish" (a
species of alepisaurus), about the size of a cod, the habitat of which is still ..."
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