WoRMS taxon details
Elops Linnaeus, 1766
AphiaID: 157873
AphiaID: 157873
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Elopidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Parent | Elopidae | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] basis of record: Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Elops affinis Regan, 1909 Species Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909 Species Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 Species Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) Species Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 Species Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909 Species Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010 Species Elops australis Regan, 1909 accepted as Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909 Species Elops capensis Smith, 1849 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) Species Elops congicus Boulenger, 1898 accepted as Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 Species Elops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Elops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Elops hawaiiensis Regan, 1909 accepted as Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909 Species Elops indicus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) Species Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847 | ||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157873 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Elops Linnaeus, 1766. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157873 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||
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