Aplochitoninae
| Aplochitoninae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Subfamily: | Günther, 1864 |
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The Aplochitoninae, formerly the family Aplochitonidae, are a subfamily of ray-finned fish that are found in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, mostly in the Indonesian and Australian regions.[2][3] They are also commonly known as the velvetfishes.[4]
References
- ^ "Aplochitoninae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ McDowall, R. M. (1971). "Fishes of the family aplochitonidae". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 (1): 31–52. doi:10.1080/03036758.1971.10419354. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ^ Piacentino, Gabriela (2011). "New geographic localities of aplochiton species (Salmoniformes: Aplochitonidae) in the Argentinian Patagonia". Academia.
- ^ Allaby, Michael (2014-02-06). A Dictionary of Zoology. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191078972.