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Elopidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Elopiformes
family
Elopidae

Name

Homonyms
Elopidae
Elopidae
Common names
Bigeyed Herrings in English
Elopsowate in Polish
Hanım balığıgiller in Turkish
Ladyfishes and tenpounders in English
Machetes y sábalos in Spanish
Tarpões-anões in Portuguese
Tienponders in Dutch
bigeyed herrings in English
bigeyed herrings in English
elopsovití in Czech
guinées in French
guinées in French
hopeakalat in Finnish
ladyfishes in English
ladyfishes in English
machetes in Spanish
machetes in Spanish
tarpons in English
tarpons in English
tenpounders in English
tenpounders in English
Елопові in Ukrainian
Элопсовые in Russian
ปลาตาเหลือก in Thai
ปลาตาเหลือกยาว in Thai
ปลาตาเหลือกยาว ฯลฯ in Thai
カライワシ科 in Japanese
海鰱科 in Chinese
당멸치과 in Korean
カライワシ科 in Japanese
tenpounders in English
tenpounders in English
カライワシ科 in Japanese
カライワシ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Ebert, M. (2020). Taxon list of Jurassic Pisces of the Tethys Palaeo-Environment compiled at the SNSB-JME. Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns. (2020 version). 10.15468/hoflre
  4. Ebert, M. (2020). Taxon list of Jurassic Pisces of the Tethys Palaeo-Environment compiled at the SNSB-JME. Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns. (2020 version). 10.15468/hoflre
  5. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  8. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  12. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  13. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  14. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Elopidae: Tenpounders (ladyfishes). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1619-1620.
  15. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  16. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
  17. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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