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Senegalese ladyfish
| Senegalese 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. senegalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909
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The Senegalese ladyfish (Elops senegalensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Elopidae, and it's native to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Mauritania to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is often confused with the West African ladyfish, Elops lacerta, and can be distinguished only by the number of gill rakers on the lower part of the first gill arch, and the number of scales on the lateral line.[1]
The Senegalese ladyfish grows to a maximum total length of 90 cm and a maximum weight of 5.9 kg.[1]
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Elops senegalensis". FishBase. May 2006 version.
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