Protelops Laube 1885 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Elopiformes - Elopidae

Parent taxon: Elopidae according to A. S. Woodward 1901

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anaethalion, Ctenodentelops, Ectasis, Elops, Elopsomolos, Esocelops, Hemielopopsis, Ichthyemidion, Lastroichthys, Notelops, Palelops, Paraelops, Paratarpon, Parelops, Rhacolepis, Thrissopteroides

Subtaxa: Protelops anglicus Protelops geinitzii

View classification

Type: Protelops geinitzii

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protelops in the database

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.