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Elopidae

fish family

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  • Young Atlantic tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus)
    In elopiform: Annotated classification

    Family Elopidae (ladyfish or tenpounder)Very generalized fish, the living forms having 32–35 branchiostegal rays and the swim bladder unmodified. Length to 0.9 metre (about 3 feet); weight to about 13 kg (28.5 pounds). 1 living genus (Elops) with 5 or 6 species; circumtropical. Numerous fossil…

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