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Tenpounders

Elopidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Elopidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Elopidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikidata, wikipedia FI, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia EU, wikipedia AF, wikipedia LT, NCBI, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, wikipedia emerging languages, GBIF classification, Global Biotic Interactions, wikipedia FR, Paleobiology Database, Barcode of Life Data Systems, and NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
Elopidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Timor Sea Species List, IUCN, Angola Species List, Barbados Species List, Australia Species List, Benin Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Ecuador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Haiti Species List, Hong Kong Species List, India Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Liberia Species List, Martinique Species List, Mauritania Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Nigeria Species List, Panama Species List, Philippines Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, South Africa Species List, Sudan Species List, Taiwan Species List, The Bahamas Species List, Togo Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Vietnam Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, United States Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Caribbean Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Gulf of California Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Red Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Furui 2020, and OBIS environmental data records
Elopidae Valenciennes 1847
Family recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

? crassus Dixon, 1850
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pulcher Davis, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Elopidae
Harvest ancestor according to The Fish Database of Taiwan, FAO Fishery Statistics, Mozambique Species List, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Paleobiology Database, Fishbase, and literature body sizes metazoa
Nardoelops Taverne & Capasso 2012
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

tenpounders preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa and World Register of Marine Species

Finnish

Hopeakalat preferred
Recognized by christinaflann and admin

Japanese

カライワシ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, Furui 2020, piaf, and admin

Curated hierarchies for Elopidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Elops
Megalopidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Ctenodentelops Forey, Lu, Patterson & Davies 2003
Elopoides tomassoni Wenz 1965
Elopopsis
Elops Linnaeus 1766
Elopsomolos Arratia 2000
Esocelops Woodward 1901
Helmintholepis vermiculatus Cockerell
Holcolepis delicatus Cockerell
Holcolepis obliquus Cockerell
Holcolepis pulchellus Cockerell
Holcolepis transversus Cockerell
Ichthyemidion Poyato-Ariza 1995
Osmeroides levis Woodward 1901
Osmeroides lewesiensis (Mantell 1822)
Palelops Applegate 1970
Paraelops da Silva Santos 1971
Paratarpon Bardack 1970
Parelops Fritsch & Bayer 1902
Protarpon priscus (Woodward 1901)
Protelops Laube 1885
Spaniodon Pictet 1851
Thrissopater
Thrissopteroides Marck 1873
Arratiaelops Taverne 1999
Chongichthys Arratia 1982
Dactylopogon
Daitingichthys Arratia 1987
Davichthys Forey 1973
Megalopidae
Naiathaelon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz 1993
Opistopteryx Pictet & Humbert 1866
Pachyrhizodus basalis Dixon F. 1850
Pachyrhizodus magnus
Phyllodontidae
Pronotacanthus Woodward 1900
Tachynectes Marck 1863

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Ctenodentelops
Echinelops Murray & Hosgör 2012
Ectasis Jordan & Gilbert 1919
Elopopsis Heckel 1856
Elops Linnaeus 1766
Elopsomolos Arratia 2000
Esocelops Woodward 1901
Ichthyemidion Poyato-Ariza 1995
Palelops Applegate 1970
Paraelops da Silva Santos 1971
Paratarpon Bardack 1970
Parelops Fritsch & Bayer 1902
Promegalops Casier 1966
Protelops Laube 1885
Spaniodon Pictet 1851
Thrissopater Günther 1872
Thrissopteroides Marck 1873
Anaethalionidae
Anaethaliontidae
Arratiaelops Taverne 1999
Chongichthys Arratia 1982
Crossognathidae
Dactylopogon Marck 1868
Daitingichthys Arratia 1987
Davichthys Forey 1973
Eurokidae
Ganolytidae
Goulmimichthys Cavin 1995
Megalopidae
Michin Alvarado-Ortega, de Mayrinck & Brito 2008
Naiathaelon Poyato-Ariza & Wenz 1993
Notelopidae
Opistopteryx Pictet & Humbert 1866
Pachyrhizodontidae
Pachyrhizodus magnus
Pronotacanthus Woodward 1900
Protelopidae
Raphiosauridae
Tachynectes Marck 1863

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Actinopterygii
Teleostei
Elopomorpha
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Elops Linnaeus 1766
Megalopidae

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Elops affinis Regan 1909
Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909
Elops lacerta Valenciennes 1847
Elops machnata (Forsskål 1775)
Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766
Elops senegalensis Regan 1909
Elops smithi Mc Bride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen 2010
Megalopidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Actinopterygii
Actinopteri
Neopterygii
Teleostei
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Elops
Megalopidae
unclassified Elopiformes

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Elopiformes
Elopidae Valenciennes 1847 (this page)
Elopidae
Megalopidae
Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Elopiformes
Elopidae (this page)
Elops
Elops Linnaeus 1766
Elopidae Valenciennes 1847
Megalopidae
Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert 1883
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