Elopiformes

	Mikko's Phylogeny Archive	Teleostean groups
	Elopiformes

<==o ELOPIFORMES (tarponikalat)
   |?-o †Anaethalion [Aethalion] U. Jur. L. Cret. Eu. [Anaethaliontidae]
   |  `-- †A. knorri
   |?- †Daitingichtys tischlingeri U. J. Eu.
   `--+--o Elopidae (hopeakalat; tenpounders, ladyfishes)
      |  |-- †Davichthys gardneri U. Cret. SWAs.
      |  |?- †Paraelops cearensis L. Cret. SA.
      |  |?- †Parasyllaemus gracilis U. Cret. NA.
      |  |?- †Spaniodon elongatus U. Cret. SWAs.
      |  `--o Elops Eoc. Eu. R. Oc. (hopeakalat; Tenpounders) [6]
      |     |-- E. affinis Regan, 1909 (Pacific ladyfish)
      |     |-- E. hawaiensis Regan, 1909 (Hawaiian ladyfish)
      |     |-- E. lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 (West African ladyfish)
      |     |-- E. machnata (Forsskål, 1775) (Tenpounder)
      |     |-- E. saurus Linnaeus, 1766 (Ladyfish)
      |     `-- E. senegalensis Regan, 1909 (Senegalese ladyfish)
      `--o Megalopidae (tarponit)
         |-- †Elopoides L. Cret. Eu. 
         |-- †Promegalops L. Eoc. Eu. 
         |-- †Protarpon L. Eoc. Eu. 
         |-- †Sedenhorstia granulata U. Cret. Eu.
         `--o Megalops (tarponit)
            |-- M. atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (tarponi; Tarpon)
            `-- M. cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) (intiantarponi; Indo-Pacific tarpon)

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Frickhinger, K. A., 1995: Fossil Atlas – Fishes.
–Mergus – Publishers for Natural History and Pet Books, Hans A. Baensch, Malle, Germany, 1-1088

Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds), 2001: FishBase.
–iNet: www.fishbase.org

Long, J. A., 1995: The Rise of Fishes: 500 million years of evolution.
–Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, pp. 1-223

Nelson, J. S., 1994: Fishes of the world.
–John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1994, xx-600