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> Elopiformes (Tarpons and tenpounders) > Elopidae (Tenpounders)
Etymology: Elops: Greek, ellops = a kind of serpent (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino; salobre; oceanodromo. Tropical; 38°N - 37°S, 22°E - 153°W

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Indo-Pacific: Mossel Bay in South Africa, to the Red Sea and India, possibly to western Pacific (Ref. 3968).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 118 cm FL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 40637); common length : 50.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 4967); peso máximo publicado: 10.8 kg (Ref. 40637)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 0; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 20 - 27; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 14 - 18.

Occurs in coastal waters, but enters lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 4832) [actual freshwater records remain to be confirmed]. Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Young and adults feed on small fishes and crustaceans (Ref. 5213). Probably spawn at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water (Ref. 7050). Are voracious carnivores that take fish, squid and shrimp bait (Ref. 3968). Edible, but not tasty and full of bones (Ref. 3968). A total length of 126 cm for this species has been reported from Knysna, South Africa (G. Bernardt, pers. comm., e-mail: gerard@smallstreams.com) .

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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Smith, M.M., 1986. Elopidae. p. 155-156. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 3968)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 June 2016

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial; pesca deportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 20.7 - 28.4, mean 26.9 °C (based on 1366 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5176 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00513 - 0.00892), b=2.99 (2.91 - 3.07), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278): 4.0 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (79 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Elops machnata (Fabricius, 1775)