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Ladyfish
Elops saurus
- Saltwater
- Least Concern
- Max length
- 100 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Elopiformes
- Family
- Elopidae
- Genus
- Elops
Distribution
- Atlantic, Southwest
- Atlantic, Western Central
- Pacific, Eastern Central
About the ladyfish
The ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.
Distribution
The ladyfish is distributed in the western North Atlantic Ocean from New England to Florida, and the Gulf of Mexico. Its distribution overlaps with the malacho (Elops smithi) in the southeast US and the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.
Where the ladyfish lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Elops złotawy
- Machete del Atlántico
- Hopeakala
- Pajzsos gyíkfejűhal
- Tienponder
- Большеглазая сельдь
- إلوب عظائي
- الوب عظائى
- Елопс
- بانوماهی جهنده
- ปลาตาเหลือกยาวซอรัส
- Cá cháo Đại Tây Dương
Where to catch ladyfish
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
- Florida Keys United States Coast · Florida
- Galveston Bay United States Bay · Texas
- Lake Pontchartrain United States Lake · Louisiana
- Port Aransas United States Coast · Texas
