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Elops

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The Elopidae are a family of ray-finned fish containing a single living genus Elops. They are commonly known as ladyfish, skipjacks, jack-rashes, or tenpounders.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elops, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2346674	https://www.gbif.org/species/2346674
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	35322	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35322

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : Elops

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Elopiformes : Elopidae : Elops

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
superclass	Actinopterygii
class	Actinopteri
subclass	Neopterygii
-	Teleosteomorpha	Arratia et al. 2004
-	Teleostei
-	Elopocephalai
-	Elopocephala
-	Elopomorpha
order	Elopiformes	Sauvage 1875
family	Elopidae	Bonaparte 1846
genus	Elops	Linnaeus 1766

Scientific Name

Elops Linnaeus, 1766

Name Published In

Linnaeus, Carolus. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. I, No. 1, Edito duodecima, reformata: 1-532.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Elops	genus	belongs to Elopidae	stated without evidence	Woodward, 1901
Elops	genus	belongs to Elopiformes	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Elops	genus	belongs to Elopidae	stated without evidence	Lin et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Vertebrata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Elopiformes)

Diet

carnivore (based on Elopiformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Linnaeus. 1766. Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th edition

Common Name(s)

Ladyfishes, Lady Fishes, カライワシ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elops

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Elops affinis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops hawaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops lacerta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops machnata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops miiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Elops miocaenicus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	19.0 Ma Miocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Elops saurus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops senegalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops smithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elops undulatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Trichonotus Rafinesque, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Trichonotus*
Alloelops Nybelin, 1979	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Alloelops*
Helops Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Helops*
Helops Müller, 1835	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Helops*
Gularus Whitley, 1940	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Gularus*
Ellops Minding, 1832	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Ellops*
Mugilomorus Lacepède, 1803	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Elopiformes : Elopidae : *Mugilomorus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1766	Elops Linnaeus p. 518
1901	Elops Woodward p. 22
1966	Elops Casier p. 131
2002	Elops Sepkoski, Jr.
2017	Elops Lin et al. p. 884

References

Linnaeus C. , Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th edition

Woodward A. S. (1901) , Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, 1-636

Casier E. (1966) , Faune ichthyologique du London Clay, 1-510

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Lin C.-H., Nolf D., et al (2017) Fish otoliths from the Lutetian of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France), a breakthrough in the knowledge of the European Eocene ichthyofauna, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15 11, 879-907 doi:10.1080/14772019.2016.1246112

Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syst. Nat., ed. 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

FishBase - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Eschmeyer, William N., 1990: null. Genera of Recent Fishes. iii + 697. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2019). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2019. - via World Register of Marine Species

Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 - via World Register of Marine Species

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. Holmiae, Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]. - via World Register of Marine Species

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