WoRMS taxon details
Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
AphiaID: 126430
AphiaID: 126430
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) > Megalops (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Megalops Lacepède, 1803 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Clupea gigantea Shaw, 1804 Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling) Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859 Megalops giganteus (Shaw, 1804) Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [details] additional source: Wade, R.A. 1969. Ecology of juvenile tarpon and effects of dieldrin on two associated species. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Washington, D.C. Technical Papers of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife: 41. 85 p. [details] additional source: Welshman, D., S. Kohler, J. Black and L. Van Guelpen. 2003. An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [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] additional source: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1847). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-neuvième. Suite du livre dix-neuvième. Brochets ou Lucioïdes. Livre vingtième. De quelques familles de Malacoptérygiens, intermédiaires entre les Brochets et les Clupes. v. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp., Pls. 554-590 page(s): 398 [details] from synonym: Röse, A.F. (1793). Petri Artedi Angermannia--Sueci synonymia nominum piscium fere omnium;... Ichthyologiae pars IV. Editio II. Grypeswaldiae. Pp i-ii + 1-140. [details] [view taxon] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Environment | marine, brackish, fresh, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (110 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (342 nucleotides; 56 proteins) To IUCN Red List To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on fishes like sardines, anchovies, Mugilidae, Centropomus, Cichilidae and crabs [details] Distribution: Nova Scotia to Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: Occasionally found in Canadian Atlantic waters.pelagic species, found to depths of 30 m, often in river mouths entering fresh water; some populations may complete their whole life cycle in fresh water. [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, aquaculture, gamefish [details] Reproduction: Spawns from June to August, external fertilization, open water/ substratum egg scatterers [details] Synonymy: Synonym in Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fisches; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126430 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847. 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=126430 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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