WoRMS taxon details
Megalops Lacepède, 1803
125726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125726)
accepted
Genus
Brisbania Castelnau, 1878 · unaccepted
Magalops · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Species Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
- Species Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (misspelling)
- 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) (misspelling)
- 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 cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Megalops indicus Valenciennes, 1847 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
- Species Megalops kundinga Bleeker, 1866 accepted as Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) (synonym)
- 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)
- Species Megalops thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1873 accepted as Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 289 [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Megalops Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125726 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1896). 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. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240. [details]
original description (of Brisbania Castelnau, 1878) Castelnau, F. L. (1878). Australian fishes. New or little known species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 2 (pt 3): 225-248, Pls. 2-3. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896) Jordan, D. S. ; Evermann, B. W. (1896). 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. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 47: i-lx + 1-1240. [details]
original description (of Brisbania Castelnau, 1878) Castelnau, F. L. (1878). Australian fishes. New or little known species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> v. 2 (pt 3): 225-248, Pls. 2-3. [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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
additional source
Losse, G.F. (1968). The elopoid and clupeoid fishes of East African coastal waters. JEANHS 27(2): 77-115 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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| Japanese | イセゴイ属 | [details] |
