Trachinocephalus myops (originally Salmo myops and Saurus myops Forster 1801; 40 cm) is the extant blunt-nosed lizardfish. Here this ocean-going genus prefering shorelines nests with Lepidogalaxias and several deep-sea fish.
Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch 1792) is the extant royal flagfin, a founding member of the Aulopidae and Aulopiformes, a clade said to resemble lizardfish. Here this bottom dweller (deepr than 1000m) nests with Synodus.
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Linneaus C von 1766. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio duodecima, reformata. pp. 1–532. Holmiæ. (Salvius).
