Suborder of fishes
Aulostomoidei is a suborder of the order Syngnathiformes, which also contains groups such as the seahorses, pipefishes and dragonets.
Classification.
There are two superfamilies within the Aulostomoidei and they are:
Other authorities subsume the Aulostomoidea, as well as the Centriscidae (including "Macroramphosus"), into the "long-snouted clade" which makes up the suborder Syngnathoidei while placing the Dactylopteridae in the "benthic clade".
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