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Elops senegalensis in Guinea-Bissau
Senegalese ladyfish

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Elops senegalensis   Regan, 1909
Family:	Elopidae (Tenpounders)			picture (Elsen_u0.gif) by FAO
Order:	Elopiformes  (tarpons and tenpounders)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Senegalese ladyfish
Max. size:	90.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 2844); max. published weight: 5,900 g (Ref. 40637)
Environment:	pelagic-neritic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries: commercial
Resilience:
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: Mauritania to Democratic Republic of the Congo. Often confused with Elops lacerta.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 0-0. Often confused with E. lacerta, distinguished only by the number of gill rakers on the lower par of the first gill arc and the number of scales on the lateral line.
Biology:	Coastal pelagic species, occurring inshore and some way up the tidal rivers to the edge of the shelf (Ref. 4445). Feeds on fish and shrimps (Ref. 28587)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Schneider, W.. 1990. (Ref. 2683)
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Guinea-Bissau country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater, brackish, marine
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/pu.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Bauchot, M.-L., 1990
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	Entered:  Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

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