Definition of Alepisaurus

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alepisaurus

Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin
Aleksandr Pavlovich
Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin
Aleksandr Prokhorov
Aleksandr Scriabin
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin
Aleksanian
Aleksanyan
Aleksei
Aleksey
Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov
Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov
Alemannic
Alemannic German
Alep
Alepisaurus
Aleppo
Aleppo boil
Alesha
Aleshia
Alessandria
Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi
Aletha
Aletris
Aletris aurea
Aletris farinosa
Aletta
Aletta Jacobs

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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