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Elopidae
ladyfish
Elops saurus
Elopid Fish beneath Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- South America
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Elongated
LargeThe ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Elopidae
- Genus
- Elops
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Cape Cod (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Questionable occurrence records in the China (Ref. 52360 ), Taiwan (47843), and Vietnam (Ref. 9706 , 46452 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
