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Ladyfish Elops saurus, Fort Desoto County Park, Tampa Bay, November 2016. Like other species in its genus, the ladyfish has a long, slender, rounded body covered with silvery scales. Its mouth is terminal and the tail is deeply forked. The species can be distinguished by counting the number of gill rakers and vertebrae. [4]
The Elopidae are a family of ray-finned fish containing a single living genus Elops. They are commonly known as ladyfish , skipjacks , jack-rashes , or tenpounders . The ladyfish are a coastal-dwelling fish found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions, occasionally venturing into temperate waters. [ 3 ]
The Elopiformes / ˈ ɛ l ə p ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are the order of ray-finned fish including the tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish, as well as a number of extinct types.They have a long fossil record, easily distinguished from other fishes by the presence of an additional set of bones in the throat.
Elops machnata; Elops saurus; Elops smithi; P. Pacific ladyfish; ... West African ladyfish This page was last edited on 16 March 2013, at 08:45 (UTC). Text ...
Ladyfish: Elops saurus: Also known as Tenpounder Lagoon triggerfish: Rhinecanthus aculeatus: Invasive [13] Lake chubsucker: Erimyzon sucetta: Lancer dragonet:
The malacho or Southern ladyfish, [1] (Elops smithi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae. Description [ edit ]
The Pacific ladyfish (Elops affinis), also known as the Pacific tenpounder and machete, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae. The Pacific ladyfish can be found throughout the southwest U.S. and other areas in the Pacific Ocean.
Elops hawaiensis; Elops machnata; Elops saurus; Tenualosa toli This page was last edited on 28 December 2019, at 14:54 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...