Species that contain: Elops and hawaiensis [ 3 ] records

australis, Elops Regan [C. T.] 1909:39 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 13); ref. 14414] Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1890.9.23.183. •Synonym of Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766 -- (Okada 1961:290 [ref. 6363]). •Synonym of Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:104 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:194 [ref. 22532], Smith 1999:1619 [ref. 24661], Paxton et al. 2006:221 [ref. 28994], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909. Elopidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

hawaiensis, Elops Regan [C. T.] 1909:39 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 3 (no. 13); ref. 14414] Hawaiian Islands. Syntypes: BMNH 1883.12.15.93-94 (2). •Synonym of Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766 -- (Okada 1961:290 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909 -- (Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Allen & Swainston 1988:30 [ref. 25477] as hawaiiensis, Paxton et al. 1989:104 [ref. 12442], Allen 1991:37 [ref. 21090], Gomon et al. 1994:194 [ref. 22532], Allen 1997:50 [ref. 23977], Larson & Williams 1997:346 [ref. 23967], Smith 1999:1619 [ref. 24661], Johnson 1999:720 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:188 [ref. 25086], Randall & Lim in Randall & Lim 2000:584 [ref. 25122], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:97 [ref. 26368], Sakai et al. 2001:84 [ref. 25693], Hutchins 2001:16 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:188 [ref. 26001], Randall et al. 2004:5 [ref. 27624], Randall 2005:24 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:108 [ref. 28379], Paxton et al. 2006:221 [ref. 28994], Randall 2007:51 [ref. 30952], Bray 2008:155 [ref. 30620], Motomura et al. 2010:69 [ref. 31256], Fricke et al. 2011:348 [ref. 31242], Larson et al. 2013:23 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:17 [ref. 34464], Morgan et al. 2014:33 [ref. 36567], Motomura et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35490], Matsunuma in Kimura et al. 2018:16 [ref. 36460] as hawaiiensis, Kim et al. 2020:51 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:16 [ref. 37637], Taki et al. 2021:52 [ref. 39830], Sousa et al. 2022:2 [ref. 40398], Jamandre 2023:166 [ref. 40455]). Current status: Valid as Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909. Elopidae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, western Pacific: Andaman Sea east to Hawaiian Islands (U.S.A.) and Tuamotu Archipelago (French Polynesia), north to southern Korea and Japan, south to northwestern Australia, New South Wales (Australia) and New Caledonia. Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.

saurus, Elops Linnaeus [C.] 1766:518 [Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae v. 1 (pt 1); ref. 2786] Carolina [South Carolina, U.S.A.] and Jamaica. Lectotype: LS 90 (half-skin, two pieces). Type catalog: Goode & Bean 1885:205 [ref. 1841], Wheeler 1985:27-28 [ref. 20705]. Based on multiple sources including the 'Saurus maximus, non maculatus' of Sloane 1725:284 [ref. 30230] [Jamaica], the 'Saurus argenteus laminis branchiostegis utrinque macula ...' of Browne 1756:452 [ref. 30188] [Jamaica], and a manuscript description and 2 specimens sent by A. Garden [South Carolina]. Lectotype selected by McBride et al. 2010: [ref. 30702] •Synonym of Elops hawaiensis Regan 1909 -- (Choi et al. 2003:488 [ref. 26218]). •Valid as Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766 -- (Okada 1961:289 [ref. 6363], Lee et al. 1980:56 [ref. 22416], Villa 1982:76 [ref. 36708], Uyeno & Aizawa in Uyeno et al. 1983:98 [ref. 14275], Smith 1986:392 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:47 [ref. 23100], Smith 1989:962 [ref. 13285], Zheng et al. 1989:20 [ref. 21202], Cervigón 1991:18 [ref. 24472], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:28 [ref. 23876], Boschung 1992:31 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:308 [ref. 23827], Gamboa Pérez 1992:306 [ref. 38704], Planquette et al. 1996:52 [ref. 22818], Murdy et al. 1997:61 [ref. 23144], González Bencomo et al. 1997:158 [ref. 24960], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:205 [ref. 23897], Aguilera 1998:46 [ref. 24221], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:90 [ref. 24550], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:126 [ref. 25013], Marín 2000:64 [ref. 26252], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:147 [ref. 27754], Camargo & Isaac 2001:140 [ref. 27639], Crabtree in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:89 [ref. 26158], Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27192], Smith & Crabtree 2003:679 [ref. 35183], Nelson et al. 2004:59 [ref. 27807], Boschung & Mayden 2004:126 [ref. 27995], Miller 2006:86 [ref. 28615], García-Hernández et al. 2009:91 [ref. 37265], McBride et al. 2010:38 [ref. 30702], Page et al. 2013:59 [ref. 32708], Nión et al. 2016:24 [ref. 35565], Marceniuk et al. 2017:38 [ref. 35324], Costa et al. 2017:44 [ref. 35684], Raz-Guzmán et al. 2018:344 [ref. 36407], Robins et al. 2018:57 [ref. 35886], Spier et al. 2018:5 [ref. 36103], Ribeiro et al. 2019:6 [ref. 36717], Koerber et al. 2022:11 [ref. 39235], Sousa et al. 2022:2 [ref. 40398], Page et al. 2023:49 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Elops saurus Linnaeus 1766. Elopidae. Distribution: Western Atlantic: Massachusetts south to Florida (U.S.A.), including Gulf of Mexico. Habitat: brackish, marine.