Superorder of fishes
The superorder Elopomorpha contains a variety of types of fishes that range from typical silvery-colored species, such as the tarpons and ladyfishes of the Elopiformes and the bonefishes of the Albuliformes, to the long and slender, smooth-bodied eels of the Anguilliformes. The one characteristic uniting this group of fishes is they all have leptocephalus larvae, which are unique to the Elopomorpha. No other fishes have this type of larvae.
Taxonomy
The Elopomorpha are a group of teleost fishes and are separated into several orders.[1][2][3]
| Cladogram of living Elopomorpha[4]
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- Genus †Bullichthys Mayrincka, Britob & Otero 2010
- Genus †Eichstaettia Arratia 1987
- Genus †Eoenchelys Lu 1994
- Genus †Elopomorphorum Weiler ex Martin & Weiler 1954 [Otolith]
- Order Elopiformes Gosline 1960
- Family †Anaethaliidae Gaudant 1968
- Suborder Elopoidei
- Order Albuliformes Greenwood et al. 1966 sensu Forey et al. 1996
- Order Notacanthiformes Goodrich 1909
- Order Anguilliformes
- Family †Derrhiidae Jordan 1925b
- Family †Libanechelyidae Taverne 2004
- Family †Anguillavidae Hay 1903
- Family †Urenchelyidae Jordan 1905
- Suborder Protanguilloidei
- Suborder Synaphobranchoidei
- Suborder Muraenoidei Risso 1826
- Family †Georgidentidae Sychevskaya & Prokofiev 2003
- Family Pythonichthyidae Böhlke 1966 (mud eels)
- Family Myrocongridae Gill 1890
- Family Muraenidae Rafinesque 1815 (moray eels)
- Suborder Chlopsoidei
- Suborder Congroidei Kaup 1856
- Suborder Moringuoidei
- Suborder Anguilloidei Regan 1909
- Family †Anguilloididae Blot 1978
- Family †Milananguillidae Blot 1978
- Family †Mylomyridae Berg 1940
- Family †Nardoechelyidae Taverne & Capasso 2014
- Family †Paranguillidae Blot 1980
- Family †Patavichthyidae Blot 1981
- Family †Proteomyridae Blot 1980
- Family Nemichthyidae Günther 1870 (snipe eels)
- Family Serrivomeridae Roule 1929 (sawtooth eels)
- Family Anguillidae Rafinesque 1810 (freshwater eels)
- Suborder Saccopharyngoidei Robins 1989
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