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Ladyfishes
Elops
Elops is a genus of marine ray-finned fish found worldwide, and the only extant member of the ancient family Elopidae. They are commonly known as ladyfish, skipjacks, jack-rashes, or tenpounders.
They are fished, but their bodies are bony, so these fish are not marketed widely for consumption. They are caught and used as bait or may be ground down for fish meal.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Ladyfish
speciesElops saurus
Machete
speciesElops affinis
Hawaiian Ladyfish
speciesElops hawaiensis
malacho
speciesElops smithi
Indo-Pacific Tenpounder
speciesElops machnata
West African ladyfish
speciesElops lacerta
Senegalese Ladyfish
speciesElops senegalensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51421.