Megalops Lacepède, 1803

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Elopiformes

family

Megalopidae

genus

Megalops

Name

Synonyms

Brisbania Castelnau, 1878

Magalops

Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Homonyms

Megalops Lacepède, 1803

Megalops Hallowell, 1860

Megalops H.Milne Edwards, 1837

Megalops Erichson, 1839

Megalops Dejean, 1833

Megalops Leach, 1814

Common names

tarpons in English

イセゴイ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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