FB-4959 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Elopiformes Elopidae Elops Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 Elops srebrzysty Banana Fateixa Peixe-banana Rabenta-conta Atlantiese springer Elops africký Vestafrikansk ladyfisk Atlantic ladyfish Bony fish Guinean ladyfish Ninebone Tenpounder Ten-pounder Ten-pounders West African Ladyfish West African ladyfish Sisalelops Aminoe Gbavi Ebole Banane Guinée copace Guinée d'Afrique occidentale Guinée du Sénégal Kpole Lanma Lanmao Téni Lak Macabi Malacho de Africa occidental Malacho senegalés Agban Balangho Ebor Foël Gban Kabalankagne Nyanga Salangho 西非海鰱 西非海鲢 Elops congicus Boulenger, 1898 1992-02-06 2024-01-23 Thresher, R.E.0 Reproduction in reef fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc. Ltd., Neptune City, New Jersey. 399 p. (Ref. 240) Boulenger, G.A.0 Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I. Printed by order of the Trustees, London. 373 p. (Ref. 1878) Daget, J. and A. Iltis0 Poissons de Côte d'Ivoire (eaux douces et saumâtres). Mém. I.F.A.N. 74:385 p. (Ref. 1989) Schneider, W.0 FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. Prepared and published with the support of the FAO Regional Office for Africa. Rome: FAO. 268 p. (Ref. 2683) Bauchot, M.-L.0 Elopidae. p. 88-89. In C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest. tome 1. Coll. Faune Trop. 28. (Ref. 2844) Boeseman, M.0 An annotated list of fishes from the Niger Delta. Zool. Verh. 61:48 p. (Ref. 2982) Cadenat, J.0 Notes d'ichtyologie ouest-africaine. XXX. Poissons de mer ouest-africains observés du Sénégal au Cameroun et plus spécialement au large des côtes de Sierra Leone et du Ghana. Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 22(4):1358-1420. (Ref. 2993) Irvine, F.R.0 The fishes and fisheries of the Gold Coast. The Crown Agents of the Colonies, London. 352 p. (Ref. 3026) Johnels, A.G.0 Notes on fishes from the Gambia River. Ark. Zool., Ser. 2, 6(17):327-411. (Ref. 3027) Bianchi, G.0 Fichas FAO de identifacao de espécies para propósitos comerciais. Guia de campo para as espécies comerciais marinhas e de águas salobras de Angola. Preparado com o apoio da NORAD e da FAO (FIRM) Programa Regular, FAO, Rome. 184 p. (Ref. 3166) Daget, J.0 Elopidae. p. 30-31. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ORSTOM, Paris and MRAC, Tervuren. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3500) Whitehead, P.J.P.0 Elopidae. In W. Fischer, G. Bianchi and W.B. Scott (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Eastern Central Atlantic; fishing areas 34, 47 (in part). Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and FAO. Vol. 2. pag. var. (Ref. 3610) Smith, M.M.0 Elopidae. p. 155-156. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3968) Whitehead, P.J.P.0 Elopidae. p. 118-119. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4445) Hureau, J.-C.0 La base de données GICIM: Gestion informatisée des collections ichthyologiques du Muséum. p. 225-227. In Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons d'Eau Douce de France. Conseil Supérieur de la Pêche, Ministère de l'Environnement, CEMAGREF et Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. (Ref. 4517) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott0 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Kamara, A.B.0 A list of the estuarine and marine fishes and some shellfishes of Sierra Leone, with their common names in either Krio or English. Bull. Inst. Mar. Biol. Oceanogr., Fourah Bay Coll., Univ. Sierra Leone, 2(1):47-53. (Ref. 4743) Maigret, J. and B. Ly0 Les poissons de mer de Mauritanie. Science Nat., Compiègne. 213 p. (Ref. 5377) Kotlyar, A.N.0 Dictionary of names of marine fishes on the six languages. All Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow. 288 p. (Ref. 5969) Grabda, E. and T. Heese0 Polskie nazewnictwo popularne kraglouste i ryby. Cyclostomata et Pisces. Wyzsza Szkola Inzynierska w Koszalinie. Koszalin, Poland. 171 p. (in Polish). (Ref. 6313) Zannou, L.H.0 Liste de quelques espèces animales des eaux marines de la République populaire du Benin. Projet des Pêche Maritime Artisanale. Direction des Pêches, Cotonou, Benin. (Manuscript, 6 p.). (Ref. 6315) Ofori-adu, D.W.0 List of fishes, shellfishes and other marine food resources in the Ghanaian coastal waters. Mar. Fish. Res. Tech. Pap. No. 1. 43 p. (Ref. 6810) Anonymous0 Fish registrations within the museum database of the Vertebrate Section of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. MRAC, Tervuren, Belgium. (Ref. 12818) Vakily, J.M.0 Sierra Leone Fishery Surveys Database System (FisDas). Vol. 1 User manual; vol. 2 Technical Reference Handbook, IMBO, Freetown/ ICLARM, Manila. (Ref. 13306) Anonymous0 Bulletin statistique des pêches, année 1996. République de Guinée, Centre National des Sciences Halieutiques de Boussoura (C.N.S.H.B.). Bull. Stat. No. 2. 35 p. + 2 annexes. (Ref. 13697) Sanches, J.G.0 Nomenclatura Portuguesa de organismos aquáticos (proposta para normalização estatística). Publ. Avuls. Inst. Nac. Invest. Pescas 14:322 p. (Ref. 26388) Sanches, J.G.0 Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Nac. Invest. Pescas 16:429 p. (Ref. 26999) Kromer, J.-L.0 Rio Grande de Buba: Bioécologie et paramètres environnementaux. UICN/Ministere des peches de Guinee-Bissau. 119 p. (Ref. 27160) Lesnoff, M. and A. Damiano0 Guide de reconnaissance des principales espèces d'intérêt commercial de la ZEE guinéenne. Doc. Hors Sér. Cent. Nat. Sci. Halieut. Boussoua, non. pag. Bulletin Statistique des Pêches No. 3. (Ref. 28012) Écoutin, J.-M. and J.-J. Albaret0 Length-weight relationship of 52 fish species from West African estuaries and lagoons. Cybium 27(1):3-9. (Ref. 28094) Diouf, P.S.0 Les peuplements de poissons des milieux estuariens de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: L'exemple de l'estuaire hyperhalin du Sine-Saloum. Université de Montpellier II. Thèses et Documents Microfiches No.156. ORSTOM, Paris. 267 p. (Ref. 28587) Olivar, M.P. and J.M. Fortuño0 Guide to ichthyoplankton of the Southeast Atlantic (Benguela Current Region). Sci. Mar. 55(1):1-383. (Ref. 29072) Titiati, E.K.0 Some common names of fresh-water fishes of Ghana in Latin, English, Ewe and Ga-adangbe. Manuscript Fisheries Dept., Volta Lake Research Project, 5 p. (Ref. 30498) Swedish Museum of Natural History0 Fish collection database of the Naturhistoriska riksmuseet (Swedish Museum of Natural History). Ichthyology Section, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. (Ref. 31402) Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao and C.F. Lai (eds.)0 Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan. 1028 p. (Ref. 31517) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). Natural History Museum, London (formerly British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)). (Ref. 31982) Pandaré, D., S. Niang, H. Diadhiou and B. Capdeville0 Ichtyofaune du fleuve Casamance: reproduction et distribution en fonction du gradient de salinité. Bull. I.F.A.N. (A) 49(1):167-190. (Ref. 33587) Anonymous0 The icthyological collection of the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). Division of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH). (Ref. 35508) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Intitut fur Seefischerei (ISH). BIOLAB Forschungsinstitut, Hohenwestedt, Germany. (Ref. 35509) Chavance, P., A. Damiano, A. Diallo, A. Doumbouya, L. Drapeau, M. Koulibaly, E. Morize, A. Sidibé, M. Soumah and S. Traoré0 Bulletin Statistique des Pêches. Année 1995. Republique de Guinee. Ministere des peches et de l'elevage. Centre national des sciences halieutiques de boussoura. (Ref. 37184) Teugels, G.G., J. Snoeks, L. De Vos and J.C. Diakanou-Matongo0 Les poissons du bassin inférieur du Kouilou (Congo). Tauraco Res. Rep. 4:109-139. (Ref. 40404) Anonymous0 Fish collection database of the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. (Ref. 40919) Boulenger, G.A.0 Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Deuxième partie. Elopes, characins, cyprins. Ann. Mus. Congo, Zool. (I), 1(2):21-37. (Ref. 42016) Hie Dare, J.P.0 Régime alimentaire de la phase lagunaire de <i>Elops lacerta</i> (C.V. 1846). Doc. Sci. Centre Rech. Océanogr. Abidjan 11(1):73-83. (Ref. 46532) Cuvier, G. and A. Valenciennes0 Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. P. Bertrand, Paris. 544 p. (Ref. 50686) Ogandagas, C.0 National Report. Marine biodiversity in Gabon - the known and the unknown. p. 75-85. In C. Decker, C. Griffiths, K. Prochazka, C. Ras and A. Whitfield (eds.) Marine biodiversity in sub-saharan Africa: the known and unknown. (Ref. 50787) Hanel, L. and J. Novák0 České názvy zivočichů V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces) II., nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) [chrupavčití (Chondrostei), kostnatí (Neopterygii): kostlíni (Semionotiformes) - bezostní (Clupeiformes)]. Národní muzeum (zoologické odděleí), Praha. (Ref. 51054) Vivien, J.0 Faune du Cameroun. Guide des mammifères et poissons. GICAM et Ministère de la Coopération et du Développement, Yaoundé/Paris. 271 p. (Ref. 51193) Carl, H.0 Danish fish names. Zoological Museum of Copenhagen. Unpublished. (Ref. 51471) Fiogbe, E.D.0 Morphometric relationships of commercially important fish species from Benin. p. 25-30. In M.L.D. Palomares, B. Samb, T. Diouf, J.M. Vakily and D. Pauly (eds.). Fish biodiversity: local studies as basis for global inferences. ACP-EU Fish. Res. Rep. 14, 281p. (Ref. 52841) Lalèyè, P., A. Chikou, J.-C. Philippart, G. Teugels and P. Vandewalle0 Étude de la diversité ichthyologique du bassin du fleuve Ouémé au Bénin (Afrique de L'Ouest). Cybium 28(4):329-339. (Ref. 55411) Mohamed Fall, K.O.0 Fishes of Mauritania. Unpublished compilation of K.O. Mohamed Fall. (Ref. 55783) Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences0 Chinese aquatic germplasm resources database. http://zzzy.fishinfo.cn (Ref. 58108) Roman, B.0 Peces de Rio Muni, Guinea Ecuatorial (Aguas dulces y salobres). 295p. Barcelona, [s.n.]. (Ref. 68431) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis, 29 April 2008. (Ref. 75549) Albaret, J.-J., M. Simier, F.S. Darboe, J.-M. Ecoutin, J. Raffray and L.T. de Morais0 Fish diversity and distribution in the Gambia estuary, West Africa, in relation to environmental variables. Aquat. Living Resour. 17:35-46. (Ref. 78745) Mbega, J.-D. and G.G. Teugels0 Guide de détermination des poissons du bassin inférieur de l'Ogooué. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur (Belgique). 165 pp. (Ref. 80286) Bauchot, M.L.0 Elopidae. p. 113-115. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81265) Vreven, E.J. and L. De Vos0 Elopidae. p. 174-178. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81629) Konan, K.F., A. Ouattara, M. Ouattara and G. Gourčne0 Weight-length relationship of 57 fish species of the coastal rivers in South-eastern of Ivory coast. Ribarstvo 65(2):49-60. (Ref. 83624) Konan, F.K., F. Leprieur, A. Ouattara, S. Brosse, G. Grenouillet, G. Gourène, P. Winterton and S. Lek0 Spatio-temporal patterns of fish assemblages in coastal West African rivers: a self-organizing map approach. Aquat. Living Resour. 19(4):361-370. (Ref. 83625) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2010. (Ref. 83882) Poll, M.0 Expédition océanographique belge dans les eaux côtières africaines de l'Atlantique Sud (1948-1949). Résultats scientifiques. Volume IV, fascicule 2. Poissons III. Téléostéens malacoptérygiens. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles. 258 pp. (Ref. 86940) Pellegrin, J.0 Sur une collection de poissons recueillie par M.E. Haug, à Ngomo (Ogôoué). Bull. Soc. Philom., Paris, 9:17-42. (Ref. 86941) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, March 2012. (Ref. 90062) Kumolu-Johnson, C.A. and P.E. Ndimele0 Length-weight relationships and condition factors of twenty-one fish species in Ologe Lagoon, Lagos, Nigeria. Asian J. Agricult. Sci. 2(4):174-179. (Ref. 95249) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, April 2014. (Ref. 95632) Sadio, O.0 Common names of some fish species in Senegal. Unpublished compilation of O. Sadio. (Ref. 98752) Bah, A.D., A. Baldé, C.A.K. Bangoura, I.L. Bamy, D.W. Camara, Y.H. Camara, K. Cissoko, A. Dem, I. Diallo, S.A. Diallo, M.M. Diallo, F. Domain, A. Doumbouya, J. Le Fur, K. Solié, A. Sidibé, M. Soumah, M. Touré and S. Traoré0 Bulletin statistique des pêches, année 2000. République de Guinée, Centre National des Sciences Halieutiques de Boussoura (C.N.S.H.B.). Bull. Stat. No. 6. xxxp. (Ref. 98760) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en, [accessed 13/04/2015]. (Ref. 101110) Chabanaud, P. and T. Monod0 Les poissons de Port-Etienne. Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de la région du Cap Blanc (Mauritanie Française). Bull. Com. Étud. Hist. Sci. Afr. Occ. Fr. 1926:225-287. (Ref. 101699) Mamonekene, V., S. Lavoué, O.S.G. Pauwels, J.H. Mve Beh, J.-E. Mackayah and L. Tchignoumba0 Fish diversity at Rabi and Gamba, Ogooué-Maritime Province, Gabon. Bull. Biol. Soc. Wash. 12: 285-296. (Ref. 101793) Aboua, B.R.D., G. N'Zi Konan, M. Bamba and E.P. Kouamelan0 Ichthyologic diversity of Bandama River basin (Côte d'Ivoire): an update and environmental influences on fish distribution. Eur. Sci. J. 11(12):99-116. (Ref. 103267) Pihu, E.0 Loomade elu 4. köide. Kalad. Pihu, E. 1979. Loomade Elu, 4. Köide, Kalad. Valgus, Tallinn. (Ref. 105472) Cheung, W.L., R. Watson and D. Pauly0 Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch. Nature 497:365-368. (Ref. 107945) Lederoun, D., P. Lalèyè, E. Vreven and P. Vandewalle0 Length-weight and length-length relationships and condition factors of 30 actinopterygian fish from the Mono basin (Benin and Togo, West Africa). Cybium 40(4):267-274. (Ref. 114212) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) Abdul, W.O., I.T. Omoniyi, E.O. Adekoya, O.S. Daniel and O.S. Olowe0 Some stock parameters of <i>Elops lacerta</i> during estuarine phase of life. Ife J. Sci. 17(2):323-334. (Ref. 117128) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from htttps://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en [accessed May, 2018] (Ref. 118272) Palomares, M.L.D., R. Froese, B. Derrick, S.-L. Nöel, G. Tsui, J. Woroniak and D. Pauly0 A preliminary global assessment of the status of exploited marine fish and invertebrate populations. A report prepared by the Sea Around Us for OCEANA. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, p. 64. (Ref. 118628) Antoine, Y.A., K.K. Mexmin, D. Lassina, O. Allasane and G. Germain0 Length-weight relationship and condition factor (K) of thirty (30) commercially valuable fish species landed in the lower basin of the Comoé River (Côte d’Ivoire). Natl. J. Multi. Res. Dev. 4(3):31-37. (Ref. 123597) Lederoun, D., K.R. Lalèyè, A.R. Boni, G. Amoussou, H. Vodougnon, H. Adjibogoun and P.A. Lalèyè0 Length-weight and length-length relationships of some of the most abundant species in the fish catches of Lake Nokoué and Porto-Novo Lagoon (Benin, West Africa). Lakes and Reserv. 2018:1-7. (Ref. 128905) Kwei, E.A. and D.W. Ofori-Adu0 Fishes in the coastal waters of Ghana. Comm. 2. Tema-Ghana. 124p. (Ref. 130891) FB-pic-4959-14474 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/gif FAO 1997-04-25 2010-07-09 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. Image can be freely copied and altered but may be used only for non-commercial purposes. Original author and source must be properly acknowledged http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Ellac_u0.gif http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/gif/tn_Ellac_u0.gif FB-GeneralDescr-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Elops lacerta lives in shallow coastal waters over sandy/muddy bottoms, occasionally entering brackish waters and the lower reaches of rivers; from inshore and some way up tidal rivers to edge of shelf (Ref. 4445, 81265, 81629). The reproduction takes place in the sea (Ref. 81265). It feeds primarily on small fishes, mainly clupeids, crustaceans and molluscs; large specimens also feed on insects (Ref. 81629). Whitehead, P.J.P. 1990 Elopidae. p. 118-119. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4445) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-03 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Diagnosis: Elops lacerta is characterized by 17-19 gill-rakers on lower limb of first gill arch and small scales, those in lateral line numbering 72 to 83 and ornamented with a small, unbranched, tubule (Ref. 2844, 81265, 81629).Description: Spindle-shaped fish, oval in cross-section (Ref. 81265). Eyes large, partially covered by an adipose eyelid; mouth terminal, gape wide, the upper jaw extending distinctly beyond hind margin of eye; lower jaw slightly prominent, with a bony gular plate placed ventrally between its two branches (Ref. 81265). All fins spineless; a single dorsal fin positioned at about mid-length of body, its long base enclosed in a scaly sheath; pectoral fins set low on sides, pelvics abdominal; both paired fins with a scaly axillary process above their bases; caudal fin deeply forked (Ref. 81265).Colouration: Silvery on the sides, dorsum and head greyish black in preserved and bluish green in live specimens (Ref. 2844, 81265, 81629). Preserved specimens with dorsal and caudal fins greyish, other fins whitish or transparent; in life all fins are tinted a pale yellow; extremity of dorsal fin, as well as superior and posterior border of caudal, more or less broadly edged with dark grey (Ref. 2844, 81265, 81629). The colour pattern of the leptocephalus larvae is characterized by a strong line of dark pigment along the ventral border of the body and flanks with scattered melanophores; but species level identification of these larvae, Elops lacerta or E. senegalensis, remains uncertain (Ref. 81629). Bauchot, M.L. 2003 Elopidae. p. 113-115. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81265) FB-Morphology-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Maria Lourdes D. Palomares 1992-03-03 00:00:00 2017-11-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal spines (total): 0; Analspines: 0 Bauchot, M.L. 2003 Elopidae. p. 113-115. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81265) FB-Distribution-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2018-10-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Eastern Atlantic: coastal waters of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola or Namibia (Ref. 4445, 81265, 81629). Sometimes it enters freshwater, like in Cross River and Kouilou-Niari River (Ref. 81629). It is often confused with Elops senegalensis (Ref. 81629). Vreven, E.J. and L. De Vos 2007 Elopidae. p. 174-178. In M.L.J. Stiassny, G.G. Teugels and C.D. Hopkins (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of Lower Guinea, West-Central Africa. Volume I. Collection Faune et Flore tropicales 42. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Paris, France, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium. 800 pp. (Ref. 81629) FB-Uses-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. (Ref. 4537) FB-TrophicStrategy-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Pascualita Sa-a 1999-09-21 00:00:00 2015-05-20 17:24:58 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public lacerta http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Elops lacerta lives in shallow coastal waters over sandy/muddy bottoms, occasionally entering brackish waters and the lower reaches of rivers; from inshore and some way up tidal rivers to edge of shelf (Ref. 4445, 81265, 81629). It feeds primarily on small fishes, mainly clupeids, crustaceans and molluscs; large specimens also feed on insects (Ref. 81629). Bauchot, M.L. 2003 Elopidae. p. 113-115. In D. Paugy, C. Lévêque and G.G Teugels (eds.) The fresh and brackish water fishes of West Africa Volume 1. Coll. faune et flore tropicales 40. Institut de recherche de développement, Paris, France, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris, France and Musée royal de l'Afrique Central, Tervuren, Belgium, 457p. (Ref. 81265) FB-Size-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 100.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 5377)) Maigret, J. and B. Ly 1986 Les poissons de mer de Mauritanie. Science Nat., Compiègne. 213 p. (Ref. 5377) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4959 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 1992-02-06 00:00:00 2024-01-23 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4959 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution pelagic-neritic; freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 26999) Sanches, J.G. 1991 Catálogo dos principais peixes marinhos da República de Guiné-Bissau. Publ. Avuls. Inst. Nac. Invest. Pescas 16:429 p. (Ref. 26999)