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Taxon: Genus
Elops
C. Linnaeus, 1766
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Class Osteichthyes
....................................Subclass Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes
......................................Infraclass Actinopteri
........................................Superdivision Neopterygii
..........................................Division Halecostomi
............................................Subdivision Teleostei
..............................................Infradivision Elopocephala
................................................Cohort Elopomorpha
..................................................Order Elopiformes
....................................................Family Elopidae - tenpounders and ladyfishes
......................................................Genus †Anaethalion
......................................................Genus †Davidichthys
......................................................Genus Elops
........................................................Species Elops affinis - machete
........................................................Species Elops hawaiensis - Hawaiian ladyfish
........................................................Species Elops lacerta - Atlantic ladyfish
........................................................Species Elops machnata - springer
........................................................Species Elops saurus - john
........................................................Species Elops senegalensis - ladyfish
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Linnaeus, C. 1766. Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 1.
: 518
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Elopidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1832
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Abdominales
(Order)
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Subsequent position
Elopidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1832
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
6s
1990-2008
R. Froese & D. Pauly
: 26 Sep 2005
[6s]
1982
R.A. Fritzsche
4-6s
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012