Ladyfish

Identification

A slender silver fish with a bluish back, pointed head and forward-opening mouth. Unlike tarpon, the final dorsal-fin ray is not extended into a long filament.

Habitat & biology

Uses bays and estuaries and can enter freshwater. Schooling fish that eat fish and crustaceans and often jump when hooked. This guide retains the broad ladyfish label used in TPWD waterbody records rather than assigning every recorded catch to a particular Elops species.