Aplocheiloidei
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Aplocheiloidei is a suborder of the order Cyprinodontiformes consisting of three families which are commonly known as killifishes.
==Families== The three families within the suborder Aplocheiloidei are: Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1859 Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895 Rivulidae Myers, 1925 The only known fossil member of the suborder is the Late Miocene-aged Kenyaichthys from the Lukeino Formation of Kenya, which is the only known member of the family Kenyaichthyidae Altner & Reichenbacher, 2015.
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