West African ladyfish

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, 1847
The West African ladyfish, "Elops lacerta", is a species of fish in the Elopidae family. It is native to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Senegal to Angola. Some have been known to grow as big as twenty pounds.FishBase species | genus = Elops | species = lacerta | year = 2006 | month = 05]

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