Family Elopidae Valenciennes 1847

Siagonotes Duméril 1805:148 [ref. 1151] (family)? Elops [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1]

Élopiens Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847:358 [ref. 4883] (family) Elops [latinized to Elopidae by Richardson 1844 –48:v [ref. 3740]; latinized to Elopina by Günther 1868:382, 469 [ref. 1990] (group); considered valid with this authorship by Richardson 1844 –48:v [ref. 3740], by Bleeker 1851–52:7 [ref. 16907], by Kner 1867:338 [ref. 18426] and by Gill 1893b:131 [ref. 26255] Article 11.7.2; Whitley 1940b:397 [ref. 4699] used Elopsidae]