Elops saurus
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| Ladyfish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Elopidae |
| Genus: | Elops |
| Species: | E. saurus |
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| Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 |
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The ladyfish or ten-pounder, Elops saurus, is a tropical species of ray-finned fish. It is slender and silver in appearance. It is a piscivorous fish with a relatively large gape that it uses to suction-feed. It is found in coastal regions of the tropical west Atlantic.
[edit] References
- "Elops saurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161111. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Elops saurus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
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