Fish · La Saladita, Guerrero

Machete

Elops affinis

Spanish: Machete del Pacífico

Machete (Elops affinis)
Photographed by donnymidas on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in San Juan Del Sur, Rivas, NI, not near La Saladita

The Pacific ladyfish, also known as the Pacific tenpounder and Machete (Elops affinis) is a species of fish in the genus Elops, the only genus in the monotypic family Elopidae. The Pacific ladyfish can be found throughout the entire southwest USA, and other areas in the Pacific Ocean.

TaxonomyActinopterygii › Elopiformes › Elopidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records197 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Machete (Elops affinis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/elops-affinis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.