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Genera in the family or subfamily Elopidae: [ 7 ] records

Alloelops (subgenus of Elops) Nybelin [O.] 1979:20 Masc. Elops lacerta Valenciennes 1847. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Ellops Minding [J.] 1832:124 Masc. Ellops saurus Minding 1832 (= Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766). Type by monotypy. Perhaps not intended as a new name, unclear from text. •Objective synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Elops Linnaeus [C.] 1766:518 Masc. Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766. Type by monotypy. Helops Agassiz 1846 is an unjustified emendation. •Valid as Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Daget 1984:30 [ref. 6170], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:155 [ref. 5712], Paxton et al. 1989:104 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:962 [ref. 13285], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1990:88 [ref. 21589], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:28 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:37 [ref. 21090], Gomon et al. 1994:193 [ref. 22532], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:90 [ref. 24550], Smith 1999:1619 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:679 [ref. 26989], Paxton et al. 2006:221 [ref. 28994], Vreven & De Vos 2007:175 [ref. 30015], Bray 2008:154 [ref. 30620], Minckley & Marsh 2009:71 [ref. 31114], McBride et al. 2010:29 [ref. 30702], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989], Angulo et al. 2013:989 [ref. 33194], Motomura et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:28 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:18 [ref. 36273], Sousa et al. 2022:2 [ref. 40398]). Current status: Valid as Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Gularus (subgenus of Elops) Whitley [G. P.] 1940:397 Masc. Elops australis Regan 1909. Type by original designation. •Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Helops Agassiz [L.] 1846:136 Masc. Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766. An unjustified emendation of Elops Linnaeus 1766; also preoccupied by Helops Lovetsky 1834 in fishes. Whitley 1935:136 [ref. 6396] states that Bory de Saint-Vincent earlier made this emendation [not investigated]. •Objective synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Daget 1984:30 [ref. 6170], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Unjustified Emend.. Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Mugilomorus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:397 Masc. Mugilomorus annacarolina Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Daget 1984:30 [ref. 6170], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.

Trichonotus Rafinesque [C. S.] 1815:88 Masc. Mugilomorus annacarolina Lacepède 1803. Type by being a replacement name. As "Trichonotus R. [Rafinesque] Mugiliomorus Lac. [Lacepède]." An available replacement (unneeded) for Mugliomorus Lacepède 1803. But objectively invalid; preoccupied by Trichonotus Bloch & Schneider 1801 in fishes. •Objective synonym of Mugilomorus Lacepède 1803. •In the synonymy of Elops Linnaeus 1766 -- (Daget 1984:30 [ref. 6170], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Elops Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae.