Species FAO code: CEG

Elops senegalensis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Sweden	sv Senegalesisk ladyfish	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909

Scientific name

Elops senegalensis

Author

Regan, 1909

Rank

Species

FAO code

CEG

Morphological description

Often confused with E. lacerta, distinguished only by the number of gill rakers on the lower par of the first gill arc and the number of scales on the lateral line.

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderElopiformes
  - FamilyElopidae
    - GenusElops
      - SpeciesElops senegalensis

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909

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Elops senegalensis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 1 - Africa - Inland waters

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central