Elopomorpha

Elopomorpha
Temporal range: Early Jurassic to present, 201.3–0 Ma
Anguilla anguilla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Superorder: Elopomorpha
Greenwood et al. 1966
Synonyms
  • Taeniopaedia Greenwood et al. 1967 sensu Nelson 1973
  • Elopocephalai Patterson 1977 sensu Arratia 1999

The superorder Elopomorpha contains a variety of types of fishes that range from typical silvery-colored species, such as the tarpons and ladyfishes of the Elopiformes and the bonefishes of the Albuliformes, to the long and slender, smooth-bodied eels of the Anguilliformes. The one characteristic uniting this group of fishes is they all have leptocephalus larvae, which are unique to the Elopomorpha. No other fishes have this type of larvae.

Taxonomy[edit]

The Elopomorpha are a group of teleost fishes and are separated into several orders.[1][2][3]

Cladogram of living Elopomorpha[4]
Elopomorpha

Elopiformes

Albuliformes

Notacanthiformes

Anguilliformes

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118342336.
  2. ^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Teleocephala". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Betancur-Rodriguez, R.; et al. (2016). "Phylogenetic Classification of Bony Fishes Version 4". Deepfin. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

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