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Elops hawaiensis (Banana fish; Chiro; Giant herring; Hawaiian giant herring; Hawaiian ladyfish; Hawaiian tarpon; Hawaiian tenpounder; Ladyfish; Pincushionfish; Tenpounder; Torres Strait herring)

Synonyms: Elops australis; Elops hawaiiensis
Language: Banton; Bikol; Bolinao; Cebuano; Czech; Danish; Davawenyo; Fijian; French; Hawaiian; Hiligaynon; Ilokano; Japanese; Javanese; Kapampangan; Korean; Kuyunon; Makassarese; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug; Pangasinan; Spanish; Surigaonon; Tagalog; Vietnamese; Visayan; Waray-waray

Wikipedia Abstract

Elops hawaiensis, the Hawaiian ladyfish, Hawaiian tenpounder, or banana fish, is a species of fish in the Elopidae family. It is sometimes referred to as the giant herring, and its Hawaiian name is awa 'aua. It is native to the west central Pacific Ocean, and the current classification may in fact consist of several species.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Anadromous

Prey / Diet

Chanos chanos (Bandang)[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0