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Species Name:    Elops saurus
Common Name:          (Ladyfish)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Elopiformes Elopidae Elops


The Ladyfish, Elops saurus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.

Species Name:

Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766

Common Name:
Ladyfish