A REVISION OF THE ELOPIFORM FISHES, 

 FOSSIL AND RECENT 



By PETER L. FOREY* 



CONTENTS 



I. Introduction 

 II. Materials and methods 



III. Systematic descriptions 



Cohort TAENIOPAEDIA 

 Superorder Elopomorpha 

 Order Elopiformes 

 Suborder Elopoidei 

 Family Elopidae Bonaparte 



Genus Elops Linnaeus 



Genus Davichthys gen. nov. 



Genus Anaetlialion White . 

 Family Megalopidae Jordan 



Genus Tarpon Jordan & Evermann 



Genus Megalops Lacepede . 



Genus Protarpon gen. nov. . 



Genus Promegalops Casier . 



Genus Elopoides Wenz 



Genus Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas 



Genus Pachythrissops Woodward. 

 Suborder Albuloidei 

 Family Osmeroididae nov. . 



Genus Osmeroides Agassiz . 



Genus Dinelops Woodward. 

 Family Pterothrissidae Gill 



Genus Pterothrissus Hilgendorf 



Genus Istieus Agassiz 



Genus Hajulia Woodward . 

 Family Albulidae Bleeker . 



Genus Albula Scopoli. 



Genus Lebonichthys gen. nov. 



IV. Discussion of the Order Elopiformes . 



(a) Historical ..... 



(b) Salient features of the order Elopiformes and relationships 



with other ' lower teleosts ' 



(c) Suborder Elopoidei 



(d) Suborder Albuloidei 



(e) Possible albuloid derivatives 



(f) Comments on the Family Phyllodontidae 

 V. Summary ...... 



VI. Acknowledgements .... 



VII. References ..... 



VIII. Abbreviations used in the text figures 



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* Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton 7, Alberta, Canada. 



