Giant Herring
Elops hawaiensis
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: DD - Data Deficient - not enough data to assess extinction risk
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Elopiformes
- Family
- Elopidae
- Genus
- Elops
Where to Find
Found in 12 diving areas across 8 countries and 4 regions.
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 32 records
- Victoria, Australia - 14 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 1 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 2 records
- Subic Bay, Philippines - 17 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 4 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records