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Elopoidei (disused)

Actinopteri - Elopiformes

Taxonomy
Elopoidei is a suborder. It is extant.

It was assigned to Teleostei by Applegate (1970); and to Elopiformes by Goody (1969), Forey (1973) and Thurmond and Jones (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Elopoidei Goody p. 3
1970Elopoidei Applegate p. 405
1973Elopoidei Forey p. 7
1981Elopoidei Thurmond and Jones p. 88

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderElopiformesSauvage 1875
suborderElopoidei
suborderElopoidei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subor. Elopoidei
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Superfm. Elopoidea
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Invalid names: Ganolytidae [empty], Raphiosauridae [empty]
Invalid names: Pachyrhizodontoidea Applegate 1970 [empty], Plethodoidea Applegate 1970 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available