Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopterygii - (Order) Elopiformes

Subsequent entries

Elops (Genus) Linnaeus, 1766

Current position

Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960

Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 131.

Alternative positions

Elopoidei (Suborder)

Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 604.

Historical positions

Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 27.
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 131.
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 110-111.
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: 1998
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2452.
Elopoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 604.
Elopoidei (Suborder)	Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 863.
Elopiformes (Order) Gosline, 1960	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 682.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;6s; †1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[1g;6s; †1g]
2011	W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 27	1g;7s
2003	W.E. Bemis: 24 Jun 2003	[1g; †2g]
1982	R.A. Fritzsche: 863	1g;4-6s