Elopiformes

Elopiformes

Taxobox
name = Elopiformes


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Tarpon, "Megalops" sp.
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Elopiformes
subdivision_ranks = Families
subdivision = See text.

Elopiformes is the order of ray-finned fish that includes the tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish, as well as a number of extinct types.

Families

* Elopidae (tenpounders)
* Megalopidae (tarpons)

References

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* [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Actinopterygii/Elopiformes.htm Mikko's Phylogeny for Elopiformes]

External links

* [http://www.bluewatermag.com.au/april04feature2.asp The inshore grand slam] Article about bonefish, ladyfish and tarpon.


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