Elopoidei

fish suborder

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classification

  • Young Atlantic tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus)
    In elopiform: Annotated classification

    Suborder ElopoideiMouth terminal and snout unmodified; 2 supramaxillaries; many branchiostegal rays (23–35); teeth small; large gular plate between the lower jaws; 7 hypural bones.Family Elopidae (ladyfish or tenpounder)Very generalized fish, the living forms having 32–35 branchiostegal rays and the swim

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