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Scientific Name | Elops machnata (Fabricius, 1775) |
Common Name | |
Type Locality | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea. |
Etymology | Elops: Greek, ellops = a kind of serpent. |
Species Information | |
Size | 1180mm or 46.5" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
Habitat Information | |
Distribution | Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and western Pacific. Africa: Inland waters. |
IUCN Red List Category | Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016. |
Other Parameters | Occurs in coastal waters, but enters lagoons and estuaries. Probably only in marine and brackish waters, but may occur in freshwater too. |
Husbandry Information | |
Feeding | In nature, young and adults feed on small fishes and crustaceans. User data. |
Breeding | Probably spawn at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water. |
Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
Further Information | |
Reference | Descriptiones animalium (Forsskål), pp 68, xiii. |
Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is no record of this fish being seen. |
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Last Update | 2020 Jan 23 11:58 (species record created: 2014 Nov 16 13:04) |