 Leptocephali and juveniles are also collected along the eastern seaboard of North America, the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Bermuda, but these represent waifs or vagrants, and do not support a population of adults.Its distribution overlaps with the ladyfish ("Elops saurus") in the southeast US and the southern Gulf of Mexico.Like other members of the Elopidae, "E. smithi" is a pelagic fish that spawns in the sea, but little is known about this marine phase.