WoRMS taxon details
Megalops Lacepède, 1803
AphiaID: 125726
AphiaID: 125726
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Typetaxon | Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) | |||||||
| Parent | Megalopidae | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Brisbania Magalops (misspelling) Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 5, pp i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. page(s): 289 [details] basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] from synonym: Jordan, D.S., and B.W. Evermann 1896 (3 Oct.). The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Part I. Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 Species Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 Species Megalops bimaculata Lesueur, 1847 accepted as Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) Species Megalops cepediana Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818) Species Megalops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822) accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops curtifilis Richardson, 1846 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops cyoprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859 accepted as Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 Species Megalops filamentosus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops giganteus (Shaw, 1804) accepted as Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 Species Megalops indicus Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1851 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops macropterus Bleeker, 1866 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops notata Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) Species Megalops oglina Lesueur, 1818 accepted as Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur, 1818) Species Megalops oligolepis Bleeker, 1866 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Species Megalops setipinnis Richardson, 1843 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125726 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Megalops Lacepède, 1803. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125726 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||
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