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Taxon: Genus Elops Linnaeus, 1766 (fish)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Elopiformes - (Family) Elopidae

Original position

Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Elopidae (Family) Valenciennes, 1847

Current position

Elopidae (Family) Valenciennes, 1847

Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 111; ECoF(9 Apr 2025).

Alternative positions

Abdominales (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 518. [new taxon]

Historical positions

*Elopidae* (Family) Valenciennes, 1847	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 131. [implicit]
*Elopidae* (Family) Valenciennes, 1847	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 111.
*Elopidae* (Family) Valenciennes, 1847	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 863.
*Abdominales* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 424, 518. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	6s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[6s]
1990-present	R. Froese & D. Pauly: 26 Sep 2005	[6s]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche	4-6s

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