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Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847) 
AphiaID: 153692

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) > Tarpon (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
Rank Species
Parent Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Sources  original description: 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 [details]

basis of record: 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]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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		 
Language   Name 
English tarpon  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (140 publications)
To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Image 
Tarpon atlanticus & Tedania (Tedania) ignis
Tarpon atlanticus & Tedania (Tedania) ignis
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153692
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-15 14:23:25Z  created  Claus, Simon
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Tarpon 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=153692 on 2013-05-22
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