Tenpounder (Elops machnata)

Scientific name: Elops machnata Forssk?l, 1775

Tenpounder (Elops machnata)

The Tenpounder (Elops machnata) is a brackish-water fish of the family Elopidae. Native range: Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and western Pacific. Africa: Inland waters.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-27; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. Upper jaw reaching well behind eye; teeth on jaws villiform.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Elops machnata
Family
Elopidae (Tenpounders)
Order
Elopiformes (Tarpons and Tenpounders)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
118
Common length
50.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; pelagic-neritic; oceanodromous
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and western Pacific. Africa: Inland waters.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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