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Echelidae (disused)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Echelidae

Taxonomy
Echelidae is a family.

It was assigned to Congroidei by Jordan (1963); and to Apodes by Casier (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Echelidae Jordan p. 630
1966Echelidae Casier p. 168

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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()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyEchelidae
familyEchelidae

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.

Fm. †Echelidae
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available