Elopocephala

Elopocephala is a group of teleostei fishes that contained:

Clupeocephala
- Euteleostei
  - Neognathi
  - Protacanthopterygii
- Otocephala
  - Clupeomorpha
  - Ostariophysi
Elopomorpha
- Albuliformes
  - Albuloidei
- Anguilliformes
- Elopiformes
  - Elopoidei
- Notacanthiformes
  - Notacanthoidei

Elopocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Neopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
(unranked):	Elopocephala
Superorders
Clupeocephala Elopomorpha

However, recent molecular analysis by Near et al. (2012) supports that Clupeocephalai diverged from osteoglossocephalai.

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