Definition of Genus Alepisaurus

1. Noun. Slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes.

Exact synonyms: Alepisaurus
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Member holonyms: Lancet Fish, Lancetfish, Wolffish, Handsaw Fish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Alepisaurus

genus Albizia
genus Albizzia
genus Albuca
genus Albugo
genus Albula
genus Alca
genus Alcea
genus Alcedo
genus Alcelaphus
genus Alces
genus Aldrovanda
genus Alectis
genus Alectoria
genus Alectoris
genus Alectura
genus Alepisaurus (current term)
genus Aletris
genus Aleurites
genus Aleyrodes
genus Algeripithecus
genus Alisma
genus Allamanda
genus Alliaria
genus Alligator
genus Allionia
genus Allium
genus Allosaurus
genus Alnus
genus Alocasia
genus Aloe

Literary usage of Genus Alepisaurus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1896)
"That fishes of this genus (Alepisaurus) belong to the most ferocious of the class is proved by their dentition and the contents of their stomach, ..."

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