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title: "Tienponder"
description: "Elops saurus — Vissen. The ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ladyfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tienponder

> Elops saurus — Vissen. The ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.

- Scientific name: *Elops saurus*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1682
- Wikidata: [Q917569](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917569)
- iNaturalist taxon: [51405](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51405)

## Names

- en: Ladyfish
- de: Frauenfisch
- es: Machete del Atlántico
- nl: Tienponder
- pl: Elops złotawy

## Countries with the most observations

US (1523), MX (60), CU (3)

## Summary

The ladyfish or tenpounder (Elops saurus) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elops_saurus

## Photo

![Tienponder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ladyfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Blanco · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13965583

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ladyfish?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).