Elops saurus
creator: Cuvelier, Daphne
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157875 on 2026-08-29
created: 2005-05-24T16:41:52Z
modified: 2008-01-15T18:27:08Z
replaces: 399816
replaces: 1348439
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766
class: Teleostei
family: Elopidae
genus: Elops
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767].
name published in: Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. D. Carlisle, New York. 1-28.
name published in year: 1767
name published in year: 1814
order: Elopiformes
parent name usage ID: 157873
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1766
specific epithet: saurus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted