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Aldrovandia
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Aldrovandia

Aldrovandia is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Halosauridae. They occur in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. They can reach 55 cm (22 in) in total length.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Hawaiian halosaur

speciesAldrovandia phalacra

Rattailed Lizardfish

speciesAldrovandia affinis

Bahamas halosaur

speciesAldrovandia oleosa

Challenger halosaur

speciesAldrovandia mediorostris

rostrate halosaur

speciesAldrovandia rostrata

gracile halosaur

speciesAldrovandia gracilis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86314.