Species details

Accepted scientific name:

Elops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) (accepted name)

Synonyms:

Argentina machnata Forsskål, 1775 (synonym)

Elops capensis Smith, 1849 (synonym)

Elops hawaiensis (non Regan, 1909) (misapplied name)

Elops indicus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)

Elops saurus (non Linnaeus, 1766) (misapplied name)

Common names:

сельдь большеглазая Russian

四破 Mandarin Chinese

大眼海鰱 Mandarin Chinese

大眼海鲢 Mandarin Chinese

海鰱 Mandarin Chinese

海鲢 Mandarin Chinese

澜槽 Mandarin Chinese

瀾槽 Mandarin Chinese

Cá Cháo biển Vietnamese

Alho Visayan, Waray-waray

Australian giant herring English

Awa-awa Hawaiian, Visayan

Banana fish English

Banang bulat Malay

Bandang English, Malay

Bayirbir Pangasinan

Bedbed Kuyunon

Bidbid Bikol, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog

Bid-bid Ilokano, Tagalog, Waray-waray

Big-eye giant herring English

Big-eye herring English

Birbir Tagalog

Bony fish English

Chirya Marathi

Dandeli Marathi

Elops indooceánský Czech

Elops indyjski Polish

Fateixa Portuguese

Giant herring English

Grande écaille French

Guinée saumon French

Hanisi Swahili

Hanithi Swahili

Ilweyn Somali

Indo-Pacific tarpon English

Jallagu Telugu

Jinnagow Telugu

Kihanisi Swahili

Lady fish English

Ladyfish English, Swedish

Lubine male Creole, French

Lulong Bikol

Malacho salmón Spanish

Manna Tamil

Mannava Sinhalese

Menangin Malay

Mkizi Giryama, Swahili

Mooran kendai Tamil

Naum Oriya

Numera Arabic

Pincushion fish English

Poomeen Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu

Ranava Sinhalese

Shonas Marathi

Springer Afrikaans, Dutch, English, German

Tangiron Bikol

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

Tempounder English

Ten pounder English

Tenpounder English, Papiamento

Ten-pounder English

Tipunder Danish

Ua Italian, Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug

Ullahti Tamil

Vallipoomeen Malayalam

Valli-poomeen Malayalam

Whole sardine English

Classification:

Animalia

LSID

Phylum Chordata

LSID

Class Actinopterygii

LSID

Order Elopiformes

LSID

Family Elopidae

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Genus Elops

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Distribution:

Zambezi; Yemen; Yellow Sea; Yellow River; Viet Nam; Tsengwen River; Thailand; Tanzania, United Rep. of; Taiwan; Sulu-Celebes Sea; Sri Lanka; South China Sea; South Africa; Somalia; Somali Coastal Current; Shiliao River; Shihtsao River; Seychelles; San Miguel Bay; Ruerhmen River; Réunion; Red Sea; Philippines; Papua New Guinea; Panguil Bay; Pakistan; Pagbilao Bay; Pacific, Western Central; Pacific, Northwest; Pacific, Eastern Central; Pacific Ocean; Oman; New Caledonia; Mozambique; Mauritius; Malaysia; Madagascar; Kenya; Japan; Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and western Pacific. Africa: Inland waters.; Indonesian Sea; Indonesia; Indian Ocean, Western; Indian Ocean, Eastern; Indian Ocean; India; Hong Kong; Hawaii (USA); Gulf of Aden; Erhjen River; Djibouti; China; Chilka Lake; Chiku River; Australia; Atlantic, Southeast; Atlantic Ocean; Asia - Inland waters; Arabian Sea; Agulhas Current; Africa-Inland Waters

Additional data:

Source database:

FishBase, Dec 2008

Latest taxonomic scrutiny:

Data last modified by FishBase 05-Feb-1994

Online resource:

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


CoL taxon LSID:

urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:40352f76-52c2-102c-b3cd-957176fb88b9:ac2009


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