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Helops Agassiz [L.] 1846:136 Masc. Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766. An unjustified emendation of Elops Linnaeus 1766; also perhaps preoccupied by Helops Brandt & Ratzeburg 1833 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.

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