WoRMS taxon details
Elops Linnaeus, 1766
Elopidae · unaccepted > misspelling
- 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 albus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Stolephorus indicus (van Hasselt, 1823)
- Species Elops australis Regan, 1909 accepted as Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909
- Species Elops capensis Smith, 1838-47 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) (synonym)
- 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 (misspelling)
- Species Elops indicus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775)
- Species Elops inermis Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766
- Species Elops javanicus Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes, 1847
- Species Elops purpurascens Richardson, 1846 accepted as Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Elops Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157873 on 2024-04-19
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Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details]
taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
basis of record Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
