Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1846

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2228-2229

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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359

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scientific name

Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1846
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Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1846 View in CoL

Reference material. Accra, January 1930 (Irvine 19)— BMNH 1930.3 .24.5 (one: 232 mm SL); Ada, October 1938 (Irvine 362)— BMNH 2001.5 .2.11 (one: 158 mm SL); Sekumu Lagoon, near Accra, November 1938 (Irvine 383 pt)— BMNH 2001.5 .2.12 (one: 217 mm SL). Angaswi, Volta estuary, Ghana, coll. Buxton — BMNH 1949.10 .20.2 (one: 109.4 mm SL) .

Distribution. Coasts of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola: entering rivers

(Quéro et al., 1990).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Elopiformes

Family

Elopidae

Genus

Elops

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