species P. macropterus was first named as a species of Elops by HenriMarieDucrotaydeBlainville in 1818. However, this species was placed into Pachycormus
"telomerase" enzyme John Blackwall (1790–1881), British entomologist HenriMarieDucrotaydeBlainville (1777–1850), French zoologist Albert Francis Blakeslee (1874–1954)