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Megalops filamentosus Lacepède, 1803 
AphiaID: 153696

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) > Megalops (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
Rank Species
Parent Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Sources  original description: Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. v. 5, pp i-lxviii + 1-803 + index, Pls. 1-21. [details]

basis of record: 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: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To FishBase
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153696
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). Megalops filamentosus 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=153696 on 2013-05-25
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