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Elopidae
West African ladyfish
Elops lacerta
One Hundred Centimeters Elopid Fish from the Atlantic Ocean
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Elongated
LargeWest African ladyfish is known from Eastern Atlantic as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Elopidae
- Genus
- Elops
- Maximum length
- 100 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: coastal waters of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola or Namibia (Ref. 4445 , 81265 , 81629 ). Sometimes it enters freshwater, like in Cross River and Kouilou-Niari River (Ref. 81629 ). It is often confused with Elops senegalensis (Ref. 81629 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
