Giant Herring
Elops hawaiensis
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Elopiformes
- Family
- Elopidae
La guinée saumon est une espèce de poissons téléostéens du super-ordre des Elopomorpha, de la famille des Elopidae et que l'on trouve dans l'ensemble du Pacifique central occidental.
The Hawaiian ladyfish (Elops hawaiensis), also known as the Hawaiian tenpounder or banana fish, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Elopidae. It is sometimes referred to as the giant herring, though it is not closely related to the true herrings of the family Clupeidae. Its Hawaiian name is awa 'aua.
Los malachos, machetes, bananos o tarpones machete son el género Elops, único de esta familia Elopidae de peces incluida en el orden Elopiformes. Su nombre procede del griego ellops, un tipo de serpiente. Aparecen por primera vez en el registro fósil en el Cretácico inferior.
Distribution
More from the same family

Tenpounder
Elops machnata
Elopidae
Northern Ladyfish
Elops saurus
Elopidae
Southern Ladyfish
Elops smithi
Elopidae
Ladyfish
Elops affinis
Elopidae
Atlantic Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
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Megalopidae
Indo-Pacific Tarpon
Megalops cyprinoides
Megalopidae
Antennaire écarlate
Abantennarius coccineus
Antennariidae