Scientific Name	Elops machnata   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	(Forsskål, 1775)	Depth	1 - 30M
Chinese	海鰱	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	海鰱科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F069　Elopidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	海鰱
Max Length	118 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	夏威夷海鰱、瀾槽、四破、海鰱(臺東)、竹篙頭(台東)、瀾槽(澎湖)、竹梭(澎湖)、爛土梭(澎湖)
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、West、South、North、North East、PonFu、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Coral、Benthos、Estuary、Coastal、 Lagoon、Coral&Sand	Holotype Locality	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea
Synonyms	Argentina machnata, Elops capensis, Elops hawaiensis, Elops indicus, Elops purpurascens, Elops saurus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；Jordan & Evermann, 1902: 327  Forsskål, P. 1775 Robert W. Hiatt 1947 Fraser, T.H. 1973 Tzeng, W. N. etc. 1986 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Carpenter, K. E. etc. 1999
Specimen List	ASIZP0060423. ASIZP0064777. ASIZP0070131. ASIZP0071151. ASIZP0072054. ASIZP0072837. ASIZP0072838. ASIZP0075511. ASIZP0075517. ASIZP0075523. ASIZP0075530. ASIZP0075549. ASIZP0075586. ASIZP0075590. ASIZP0075591. ASIZP0075601. ASIZP0075610. ASIZP0075801. ASIZP0075902. ASIZP0075914. ASIZP0076425. ASIZP0076471. ASIZP0076475. ASIZP0076487. ASIZP0076501. ASIZP0076534. ASIZP0076604. ASIZP0076640. ASIZP0076856. ASIZP0076876. ASIZP0076909. ASIZP0076935. ASIZP0076953. ASIZP0077014. ASIZP0077034. ASIZP0077052. ASIZP0077081. NTUM00091Holotype. ...List all 81 records...
Barcode	2012-01-02,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,98% 2015-11-01,Yu-Ming Shih,CO1,100% 2016-01-28,Chia-Hao Chang,CO1,100%
Common Name	River skipjack; Tempounder; Tenpounder; Springer; Whole sardine; Ten pounder; Big-eye giant herring; Big-eye herring; Bony fish; Ladyfish
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body elongate, fusiform, moderately compressed. Eye large. Mouth large, gape ending behind posterior margin of eye; mouth terminal, teeth on jaws villiform. All fins without spines; dorsal fin begins slightly behind midbody, with about 20-27 rays; anal fin short, with approximately 14 to 18 rays, begins well behind base of dorsal fin; caudal fin deeply forked. Scales very small, approximately 94-97 in lateral line. Blue or greenish grey above, silvery on sides; fins sometimes with a faint yellow tinge.
habitats	Occurs in coastal waters, but enters lagoons and estuaries. Probably spawn at sea, but the transparent larvae migrate to inshore areas and are often found in brackish water. It has a leptocephalus larva. feeds on various fishes and crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in Indo-West Pacific from Red Sea to Mossel Bay, South Africa and east to India and western Pacific. It is found around Taiwanese waters.
Utility	Marketed fresh or frozen; in some places ground up as fish meal. A good sport fish.