Superorder of fishes
| Elopomorpha | |
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| Anguilla anguilla | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Superorder: | Elopomorpha Greenwood et al. 1966 |
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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——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※
The Elopomorpha are a group of teleost fishes and are separated into several orders.
| Cladogram of living Elopomorpha | |||
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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 ※
- Order Elopiformes Gosline 1960
- Family †Anaethaliidae Gaudant 1968
- Suborder Elopoidei
- Family Protelopidae de Saint Seine 1949
- Family Elopidae Bonaparte 1832/Valenciennes 1847 (tenpounders, ladyfishes)
- Family Megalopidae Jordan 1882 (Tarpons)
- Order Albuliformes Greenwood 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
- Halosauridae Günther 1868
- Notacanthidae Rafinesque 1810 (Deep sea spiny eels)
- Order Anguilliformes
- Family †Derrhiidae Jordan 1925b
- Family †Libanechelyidae Taverne 2004
- Family †Anguillavidae Hay 1903
- Family †Urenchelyidae Jordan 1905
- Suborder Protanguilloidei
- Family Protanguillidae Johnson, Ida & Miya 2011 (primitive cave eels)
- Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Family Synaphobranchidae Johnson 1862 (cutthroat eels)
- Suborder Muraenoidei Risso 1826
- Family †Georgidentidae Sychevskaya & Prokofiev 2003
- Family Pythonichthyidae Böhlke 1966 (mud eels)
- Family Myrocongridae Gill 1890
- Family Muraenidae Rafinesque 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 Derichthyidae Gill 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 Nemichthyidae Günther 1870 (snipe eels)
- Family Serrivomeridae Roule 1929 (sawtooth eels)
- Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (freshwater eels)
- Suborder Saccopharyngoidei Robins 1989
- Family Cyematidae Regan 1912 (bobtail snipe eels)
- Family Saccopharyngidae Bleeker 1859
- Family Eurypharyngidae Gill 1883 (pelican eels, umbrellamouth gulpers)
- Family Monognathidae Bertin 1936 (onejaw gulpers)
References※
- ^ Nelson, "Joseph S."; Grande, "Terry C."; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. 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".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(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
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