West African ladyfish
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| Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 |
The West African ladyfish, Elops lacerta, is a species of fish in the Elopidae family. It is native to the coastal waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, from Senegal to Angola. Some have been known to grow as big as twenty pounds.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Elops lacerta". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. 05 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
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