Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 110

Elops lacerta Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1847

Elops senegalensis non Regan, 1909 [Misapplied�

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 100 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish, freshwater

Environment: pelagic-neritic

Depth range:?- 50 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2020)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from coastal waters of West Africa from Mauritania to Angola or Namibia. Several specimens collected in lower Ogowe and preserved at CENAREST in Gabon (Fermon, pers. obs.). Caught by subsistence and sports fishery in lagoon, and with beach seine at Cap Lopez (De Bruyne, pers. obs.). It is often confused with Elops senegalensis .