ladyfish
Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Elops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010
- Name authority
- McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010
- Common name
- ladyfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Elopiformes
- Family
- Elopidae
- Genus
- Elops
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderElopiformes
- familyElopidae Valenciennes, 1847
- genusElops Linnaeus, 1766
- speciesElops smithi McBride, Rocha, Ruiz-Carus & Bowen, 2010
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Elops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Elops hawaiensis Regan, 1909 | ElopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elops senegalensis Regan, 1909 | ElopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ladyfishElops saurus Linnaeus, 1766 | ElopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Elops lacerta Valenciennes, 1847 | ElopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| tenpounderElops machnata (Forsskål, 1775) | ElopidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- McBride, R. S., Rocha, C. R., Ruiz-Carus, R., & Bowen, B. W. (2010). A new species of ladyfish, of the genus Elops (Elopiformes: Elopidae), from the western Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa, 2346: 29–41. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2346.1.3 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39CJG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.