Pacific ladyfish

Pacific ladyfish

Taxobox
name = Pacific ladyfish
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Elopiformes
familia = Elopidae
genus = "Elops"
species = "E. affinis"
binomial = "Elops affinis"
binomial_authority = Regan, 1909
The Pacific ladyfish, "Elops affinis", is a fish of the family Elopidae family. It is native to coastal waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, from California to Peru.FishBase species | genus = Elops | species = affinis | year = 2006 | month = 05]

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