- West African ladyfish
Taxobox
name = West African ladyfish
regnum =Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Elopiformes
familia =Elopidae
genus = "Elops "
species = "E. lacerta"
binomial = "Elops lacerta"
binomial_authority = Valenciennes, 1847The West African ladyfish, "Elops lacerta", is a species of fish in theElopidae family. It is native to the coastal waters of the easternAtlantic Ocean , fromSenegal toAngola . Some have been known to grow as big as twenty pounds.FishBase species | genus = Elops | species = lacerta | year = 2006 | month = 05]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.