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yellowfin aulopus

Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792)
Name authority
(Bloch, 1792)
Common name
yellowfin aulopus
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Aulopiformes
Family
Aulopidae
Genus
Aulopus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderAulopiformes
  11. suborderAulopoidei
  12. familyAulopidae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusAulopus Cloquet, 1816
  14. speciesAulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Aulopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Aulopus cadenati Poll, 1953AulopidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Aulopus chirichignoae Béarez, Zavalaga & Miranda, 2024AulopidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 15 records assigned to Aulopidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Osmerus saurus Forsskål, 1775 Forsskål, 1775ambiguous synonym
Salmo filamentosus Bloch, 1792 Bloch, 1792synonym
Osmerus saurus saurus Risso, 1810 Risso, 1810synonym
Aulopus maculatus Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839synonym
Aulopus nanae Mead, 1958 Mead, 1958synonym
Autopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792) (Bloch, 1792)synonym
Osmerus saurus Risso, 1810 Risso, 1810ambiguous synonym
Salmo tirus Rafinesque, 1810 Rafinesque, 1810synonym
Aulopus filifer Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126335 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:JSTL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.