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Genus ELOPS Linnaeus 



Elops LiiNNAEus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 518, 1766. (Type, Elops saurus 



Linnaeus, monotypic.) 

 Mugilomorus LAc^pftDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, pp. 397, 398, 1803. (Type, 



Mugilomorus anna-carolina Lac^pede, monotypic.) 

 Trichonotus (not Schneider 1801) Rafinesqtje, Analyse de la nature, p. 88, 1815. 



(Type, Mugilomorus anna-carolina Lac^pede, virtually. Trichonotus Rafin- 



esque, proposed to replace Mugilomorus Lac^pede.) 



Body elongated. Mouth little inclined. Maxillaries very long. 

 Fine teeth in jaws, on vomer, palatines, pterygoids, and tongue. 

 Pseudobranchiae well developed. Branchiostegals 27 to 34. Verte- 

 brae 63 to 79, of which 29 caudal. Scales small, thin. Dorsal and 

 anal both depressible in basal scaly sheaths. Paired fins each with 

 long scaly flap. Lateral line straight, tubes simple. Dorsal slightly 

 behind ventrals. Anal similar, smaller. Paired fins moderate. 

 Ventral rays 17 or 18. 



Large fishes of tropical or subtropical seas, sometimes entering 

 tidal rivers. All are brilliant silvery in color. Young transparent, 

 bandlike, changing with age like those of Megalops and Albula. 



ELOPS SAURUS Linnaeus 



Elops saurus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 518, 1766 (type locality: 

 Carolina). — Cuvier, R&gue animal, vol. 2, p. 177, 1817 (reference). — Valen- 

 ciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 19, p. 365, 1847 (Massauah, Red Sea. 

 Mauritius, Pondicherry, Coromaudel). — Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 

 vol. 18, p. 1269, 1849 (Sea of Pinang). — Jeedon, Madras Journ. Lit. Sci., 

 vol. 17, p. 146, 1851. — Bleekek Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 25, 

 p. 18, 1853 (Japan) ; Nat. Tijdschr. Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, p. 56, 1860 

 (reference). — Guichenot, Notes ile Reunion, vol. 2, p. 29, 1863.— Kner, 

 Reise Novara, Fische, p. 338, 1865 (Madras). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 N^erland., vol. 6, p. 84, pi. (10)218, fig. 3, 1866-72 (Java, Madura, Pinang, 

 Singapore, Celebes). — GiJNTHER, Cat. Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 470, 

 1868 (Zanzibar, Djedda, Pinang, China, Cape of Good Hope). — Klunzinger, 

 Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, p. 603, 1871 (Red Sea).— Bleeker, 

 Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 4, p. 147, 1874 (compiled). — ^Day, Fishes 

 of India, pt. 4, p. 649, pi. 166, fig. 1, 1878.— Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 Nevp South Wales, vol. 2, p. 241, 1878 (Singapore, Malacca, Cape of Good 

 Hope, Brisbane). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 4, 

 p. 382, 1880 (Port Jackson) ; vol. 6, p. 261, 1881 (Port Jackson ; north coast) ; 

 vol. 7, p. 594, 1883 (New Guinea) ; vol. 8, p. 210, 1883 (Lower Burdekin 

 River). — Meter, Anal. Soc. Espail. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 42, 1885 

 (North Celebes).— Ogilby, Cat. Fish. Nev? South Wales, p. 56, 1886 (ref- 

 erence). — BouLENGER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 666, 1887 (Muscat). — 

 Sattvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 497, pi. 49a, fig. 4, 1891. — Kent, 

 Great Barrier Reef, pp. 302, 307, 1893 (Cooktown, Tovs^ngville, Bowen.) — 

 Eleba, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. .584, 1895 (Luzon, Manila Bay).— 

 ISHiKAWA and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. Tokyo, p. 8, 1897. — 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 406, 1900 (Hawaiian Is- 

 lands). — Steindachneb, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. Kl., vol. 

 70, p. 513, 1901 (Honolulu).— Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22 



