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Pacific ladyfish
| Pacific ladyfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Elopiformes |
| Family: | Elopidae |
| Genus: | Elops |
| Species: | E. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Elops affinis Regan, 1909
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The Pacific ladyfish (Elops affinis), also known as the Pacific tenpounder and machete, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae. The Pacific ladyfish can be found throughout the southwest U.S. and other areas in the Pacific Ocean.[2][3][4][5][6]
- ^ Adams, A.; Guindon, K.; Horodysky, A.; MacDonald, T.; McBride, R.; Shenker, J.; Ward, R. (2019). "Elops affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T184047A129624927. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T184047A129624927.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Battaso, R. H. and J. N. Young. (1999). Evidence for freshwater spawning by striped mullet and return of Pacific tenpounder in the lower Colorado River. California Fish & Game. 85(2): pp 75-76.
- ^ Forey, P. L. (1973). A revision of the elopiform fishes, fossil and recent. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) Supplement 10. pp. 222.
- ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors. 2002. Elops affinis. FishBase. 24 September 2002.
- ^ Nelson, J. S. Fishes of the World. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. New York. 1994. pp. 99, 100.
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- Eschmeyer, W.N., et al. A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, USA. 1983. page 336.
- Minckley, W. L. 1973. Fishes of Arizona. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix. pp. 46-47.
- Nelson, J. S. Fishes of the World. Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley and Sons. 1984. pp. 523.
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