Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Elops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 (accepted name)

Synonym:

Elopidae saurus Linnaeus, 1766 (synonym)

Common names:

Fateixe-torpedo Portuguese

Fateixe Portuguese

Chiro English, Papiamento, Spanish

Banano Spanish

Ladyfish English, Swedish

Guinée machète French

Tarpon Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish

Malacho Spanish

Tarpone Italian

Tarpon banane French

Tipunder Danish

Tienponder Dutch

сельдь большеглазая Russian

тарпон Russian

海鰱 Mandarin Chinese

海鲢 Mandarin Chinese

Albarana Portuguese

Awa Banton, Bikol, Cebuano, Davawenyo, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Pangasinan, Visayan, Waray-waray

Banane French

Barana Portuguese

Bidbid Bikol, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog

Bid-bid Ilokano, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Bonefish English

Bonyfish English

Dagoeboi Sranan

Dagoefoeti Sranan

Elopid Swedish

Elops Russian

Elops velkooký Czech

Elops zlotawy Polish

Fateixa Portuguese

Fateixa-torpedo Portuguese

Fiddler English

Frauenfisch German

Giant herring English

Guinée-machète French

Hopeakala Finnish

John English

Joudtuna Wayuu

Juruma Portuguese

Karaiwashi Japanese

Ladyfisk Danish

Lisa francesca Spanish

Long cudja English

Long john English

Macabi Creole, French, French, Spanish

Macaco Portuguese, Spanish

Macambi Papiamento

Machete del Atlántico Spanish

Majetuelo real Spanish

Makambi Papiamento

Mariggle English

Matejuelo real Spanish

Mid-bid Tagalog

Obarana Portuguese

Oszczer zlotawy Polish

Pinle-nga-salon Burmese

Piojo Spanish

Riesenhering German

Riverfish English

Robalo-da-pedra Portuguese

Sábalo English, Papiamento, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog

Saumon Creole, French, French

Silverfish English, Papiamento

Skipjack English

Springer Afrikaans, Dutch, English, German

Taiseiyou-kara-iwashi Japanese

Tenpounder English, Papiamento

Tienponni Papiamento

Tijubarana Portuguese

Tinpòni Papiamento

Tubarana Portuguese

Ubarana Portuguese

Ubarana-açu Portuguese

Ubarana-cabo-de-machado Portuguese

Ubaranaçu Portuguese

Urubaiana-pau Portuguese

Urubaiana-verdadeira Portuguese

Urubarana Portuguese

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Elopiformes

LSID

Family Elopidae

LSID

Genus Elops

LSID

Distribution:

Western Atlantic: Cape Cod (USA), Bermuda, and northern Gulf of Mexico to southern Brazil. Questionable occurrence records in the China (Ref. 52360), Taiwan (47843), and Vietnam (Ref. 9706, 46452).; Viet Nam; Venezuela; USA (contiguous states); US Virgin Islands; Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname; Southeast U.S. Continental Shelf; South China Sea; South Brazil Shelf; Seychelles; Saint Vincent & the Grenadines; Saint Lucia; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Puerto Rico; Panama; Pacific, Western Central; Pacific, Northwest; Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf; North Brazil Shelf; Nicaragua; Mozambique; Mexico; Laguna de Términos; Jamaica; Indian Ocean, Western; Honduras; Haiti; Guyana; Gulf of Mexico; French Guiana; Guatemala; East China Sea; East Brazil Shelf; Dominican Republic; Dominica; Curaçao Island; Cuba; Costa Rica; Colombia; Celestún Biosphere Reserve; China; Caribbean Sea; Brazil; Bermuda; Belize; Barbados; Bahamas; Atlantic, Western Central; Atlantic, Southwest; Atlantic, Northwest; Atlantic Ocean; Aruba; Asia - Inland waters; Antigua and Barbuda; Anguilla

Additional data:

Status from Eschmeyer (Ref. 12965). Synonym of Elops hawaiensis from Shao & Lin (Ref. 6898).

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 03-Aug-1994

Online resource:

http://www.fishbase.org/...


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:4054e6d1-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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