Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909

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Elops senegalensis : Regan, 1909 A revision of the fishes of the genus Elops. | Pellegrin, 1922 e : 635Poissons nouveaux de l'Afrique orientale. | Pellegrin, 1923 b : 42Les poissons des eaux douces de l'Afrique occidentale (du Sénégal au Niger). | Pellegrin, 1928 e : 5Poissons du Chiloango et du Congo recueillis par l'expédition du Dr. Schouteden (1920-1922). | Trewavas & Irvine, 1947 : 106Freshwater fishes of the Gold Coast. | Whitehead, 1962 d : 328The species of Elops (Pisces, Elopidae). | Daget & Iltis, 1965 : 18Poissons de Côte d'Ivoire (eaux douces et saumâtres). | Kamara, 1977 : 51A list of the estuarine and marine fishes and some shellfishes of Sierra Leone, with their common names in either Krio or English. | Daget, 1984 c : 316. Elopidae. | Bauchot, 1990 a : 89, fig. 6.26. Elopidae. | Schneider, 1990 : 63, fig.FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine resources of the Gulf of Guinea. | Whitehead, 1990 : 118-119Elopidae. | Vivien, 1991 : 98, 115, fig. 14 (p. 159)Faune du Cameroun. Guide des mammifères et des poissons. | Poll & Gosse, 1995 : 85Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. | Diouf, 1996 : 165, 226Les peuplements de poissons des milieux estuariens de l'Afrique de l'Ouest: L'exemple de l'estuaire hyperhalin du Sine-Saloum. | Afonso et al., 1999 : 68Coastal marine fishes of Sao Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea). | Bauchot, 2003 a : 114-115, fig. 6.26. Elopidae. | Lalèyè et al., 2004 : 334Étude de la diversité ichtyologique du basin du fleuve Ouémé au Bénin (Afrique de l'Ouest). | Wirtz et al., 2007 : 24Coastal fishes of Sao Tomé and Principe islands, Gulf of Guinea (eastern Atlantic Ocean) - an update. | Abowei, 2010 : 16-19The condition factor, length-weight relationship and abundance of Elops senegalensis (Regan, 1909) from Nkoro River, Niger Delta, Nigeria. | Séret & Opic, 2011 : 82-83, fig.Poissons de mer de l'ouest Africain tropical. | Adams et al., 2013 : 282, 284, 289, 294Global conservation status and research needs for tarpons (Megalopidae), ladyfishes (Elopidae) and bonefishes (Albulidae). | Wirtz et al., 2013 : 117The coastal fishes of the Cape Verde Islands - new records and an annotated check-list. | Ferraris, 2016 a : 1587, fig.Order Elopiformes: Elopidae. | Félix et al., 2016 : DMangrove fish of Sao Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea): new occurrences and habitat usage. | Freitas et al., 2018 : 67, 70, 79, fig. 3New and confirmed records of fishes from the Cabo Verde archipelago based on photographic and genetic data. | Fermon et al., 2022 : 111, A6An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon. | de Sousa et al., 2022 : 1, 2Exploring the diversity of Elopidae (Teleostei; Elopiformes) using DNA barcoding analysis..
Elops saurus (non Linnaeus, 1766) (part.) : Boulenger, 1909 a : 25 (misapplied)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Boulenger, 1916 a : 152 (misapplied)Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). | Fowler, 1973 : 102 (misapplied)A catalog of World fishes (18). | Daget, 1984 c : 31 (synonym of Elops senegalensis) (misapplied)6. Elopidae..
Elops saurus (non Linnaeus, 1766) : Osorio, 1909 : 107 (misapplied)Peixes d'Agua Doce da Guine Portugueza. | Daget, 1984 c : 31 (synonym of Elops senegalensis) (misapplied)6. Elopidae..

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Colour pattern : Bauchot, 1990a | Bauchot, 2003a | Ferraris, 2016a .
Common names : Colepinha Malabo (Creole, Portuguese), Elops senegalsky (Czech), Senegal-ladyfisk (Danish), Ladyfish / Ninebone / Senegalese ladyfish (English), Senegali elops (Estonian), Agba / Agban / Gban / Gbanvi (Fon Gbe: Benin), Guinée du Sénégal / Tarpon (French), Naïn pon / Olamar (Mandinka: Senegal), Asranhoura / Attiebete / Diglikari (Cote d'Ivoire), Baavick (Togo), Broun yékhé / Kéni / Téni (Guinea), Malacho senegalés (Spanish), M'vègni (Vili: Congo), Kaliss / Lak / Loul (Wolof: Senegal) .
Condition / length-weight relationship : Abowei, 2010 .
Current distribution known : West African coast from Mauritania to the Democratic Republic of Congo .
Distribution_references : Bauchot, 1990a | Bauchot, 2003a | Fermon et al., 2022 | Ferraris, 2016a | Schneider, 1990 .
Food habits / trophic level : feeds on fish and shrimps .
Food habits / trophic level_references : Ferraris, 2016a .
Habitat / home range : coastal pelagic species, occurring inshore and some way up the tidal rivers to the edge of the shelf .
Habitat_references : Ferraris, 2016a | Séret & Opic, 2011 .
Morphology / anatomy : Bauchot, 1990a | Bauchot, 2003a | Ferraris, 2016a | Séret & Opic, 2011 .
Size : 900 mm TL .
Types :
- Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909: 38. Type locality: "St. Louis, Senegal". Syntypes (3) BMNH n° 1900.6.28: 13-15.
Use and trade : considered a highly commercial species in Benin and Nigeria .