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Definition of Family elopidae

1. Noun. Tarpons and ladyfishes.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Elopidae

Literary usage of Family elopidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1902)
"... of the family Elopidae ; it is pleasing, therefore, to know that a renewed examination of the type shows the correctness of Owen's determination, ..."

2. Where, When, and how to Catch Fish on the East Coast of Florida by William H. Gregg, John Gardner (1902)
"The former in family "Albulidae," the latter in family "Elopidae." Bulletin 47, 1896, Jordan & Evermann, pages 409, 410, 411, "Albula Vulpes," common names, ..."

3. The Big Game Fishes of the United States: A Collection of Critical Essays by Charles Burton Martin, Viktor Aleksandrovich Maksunov, Charles Frederick Holder, Amiya Chandra Chakravarty, David Malet Armstrong (1903)
"It is included in the family Elopidae, and after many nomenclatural vicissitudes is now, according to Dr. Jordan, Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier and Val. ..."

4. The Big Game Fishes of the United States by Charles Frederick Holder (1903)
"It is included in the family Elopidae, and after many nomenclatural vicissitudes is now, according to Dr. Jordan, Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier and Val. ..."

5. Professional Paper by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1919)
""Scales thin, cycloidal, and deeply imbricating, usually ganoid in their exposed portion; lateral line not observable." (AS Woodward.) Family ELOPIDAE. ..."

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