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Elopidae
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Elopidae are an ancient family of ray-finned fish, one of two living members of the order Elopiformes. They containing a single living genus, Elops, and many extinct genera dating back to the Late Jurassic, when the earliest stem-group elopids are known. They appear to have diverged from their closest relatives, the Megalopidae, during the Jurassic.[1]
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Etymology
The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἔλοψ (élops), variant of ἔλλοψ (éllops), referring to a kind of serpent or serpentlike sea fish.[3] Compare the name of the unrelated family Elapidae.
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The following genera are known:
- Elops Linnaeus 1766 non Bonaparte 1831 non Commerson ex Lacépède, 1801 - Early Cretaceous (Aptian) to present
- †Ctenodentelops Forey et al., 2003 - Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Lebanon[4]
- †Davichthys Forey 1973 - Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Santonian) of Europe and the Middle East
- †Elopsomolos Arratia, 2000 - Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) of Germany[1][5]
- †Ichthyemidion Arratia, 1995 - Early Cretaceous of Spain [1][6]
- †Italoelops Taverne & Capasso, 2024 - Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of Italy[7]
- †Kipalelops Taverne, 1976 - Late Cretaceous of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[8]
- †Landanaelops Taverne & Smith, 2025 - Middle Paleocene of Angola[8]
- †Lyrolepis Romanowski 1886 non Rechiger, 1943 - Oligocene of North Caucasus, Russia
- †Nardoelops Taverne & Capasso, 2012 - Late Cretaceous (Campanian or Maastrichtian) of Italy[8]
- ?†Opisthopteryx Pictet & Humbert, 1866 - Santonian of Lebanon[9]
- ?†Palelops Applegate, 1970 - Late Cretaceous of Alabama, USA
- †Protelops Laube, 1885 - Cenomanian of England[4]
- ?†Sauropsidium Costa 1850 - Early Cretaceous of Italy[9]
- ?†Thrissopteroides von der Marck, 1873 - Late Cretaceous of Germany and Lebanon[9]
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