Elopomorpha
Elopomorpha | |
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Anguilla anguilla
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Division: | Teleostei |
Superorder: | Elopomorpha Greenwood et al. 1966 |
Synonyms | |
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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
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
The Elopomorpha are a group of
Cladogram of living Elopomorpha[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
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- Genus †Bullichthys Mayrincka, Britob & Otero 2010
- Genus †Eichstaettia Arratia 1987
- Genus †Eoenchelys Lu 1994
- Genus †Elopomorphorum Weiler ex Martin & Weiler 1954 [Otolith]
- Order Elopiformes Gosline 1960
- Family †Anaethaliidae Gaudant 1968
- Suborder Elopoidei
- Family Protelopidae de Saint Seine 1949
- Family ladyfishes)
- Family Megalopidae Jordan 1882 (Tarpons)
- Order AlbuliformesGreenwood et al. 1966 sensu Forey et al. 1996
- Family †Phyllodontidae Sauvage 1875 corrig. Jordan 1923
- Family Albulidae Bleeker 1849 (Japanese gissu and bonefishes)
- Order Notacanthiformes Goodrich 1909
- HalosauridaeGünther 1868
- Notacanthidae Rafinesque 1810 (Deep sea spiny eels)
- Order Anguilliformes
- Family †Derrhiidae Jordan 1925b
- Family †Libanechelyidae Taverne 2004
- Family †AnguillavidaeHay 1903
- Family †Urenchelyidae Jordan 1905
- Suborder Protanguilloidei
- Family ProtanguillidaeJohnson, Ida & Miya 2011 (primitive cave eels)
- Family
- Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Family SynaphobranchidaeJohnson 1862 (cutthroat eels)
- Family
- Suborder Muraenoidei Risso 1826
- Family †Georgidentidae Sychevskaya & Prokofiev 2003
- Family Pythonichthyidae Böhlke 1966 (mud eels)
- Family MyrocongridaeGill 1890
- Family MuraenidaeRafinesque 1815 (moray eels)
- Suborder Chlopsoidei
- Family Chlopsidae Rafinesque 1815
- Suborder Congroidei Kaup 1856
- Family †Parachelidae Casier 1967
- Family Ophichthidae Günther 1870 (snake eels & worm eels)
- Family DerichthyidaeGill 1884 (longneck eels)
- Family Muraenesocidae Kaup 1859 (pike congers)
- Family Nettastomatidae Kaup 1859 (duckbill eels)
- Family Congridae Kaup 1856 (conger eels)
- Suborder Moringuoidei
- Family Moringuidae Gill 1885
- Suborder Anguilloidei Regan 1909
- Family †Anguilloididae Blot 1978
- Family †Milananguillidae Blot 1978
- Family †Mylomyridae Berg 1940
- Family †Nardoechelyidae Taverne & Capasso 2014
- Family †Paranguillidae Blot 1980
- Family †Patavichthyidae Blot 1981
- Family †Proteomyridae Blot 1980
- Family NemichthyidaeGünther 1870 (snipe eels)
- Family SerrivomeridaeRoule 1929 (sawtooth eels)
- Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (freshwater eels)
- Suborder Saccopharyngoidei Robins 1989
- Family CyematidaeRegan 1912 (bobtail snipe eels)
- Family SaccopharyngidaeBleeker 1859
- Family EurypharyngidaeGill 1883 (pelican eels, umbrellamouth gulpers)
- Family MonognathidaeBertin 1936 (onejaw gulpers)
- Family
References
- ISBN 9781118342336.
- ^ Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "Teleocephala". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ van der Laan, Richard (2016). "Family-group names of fossil fishes".
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(help) - ^ 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.
External links
- Data related to Elopomorpha at Wikispecies