Megalops Lacépède, 1803

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Lacépède, Bernard G. É. de. 1803. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Plasson, Paris. Vol. 5: i-lxviii, 1-803, index, pls. 1-21.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Actinopterygii

order

Elopiformes

family

Megalopidae

genus

Megalops

Name

Synonyms

Amia Browne, 1789

Brisbania Castelnau, 1878

Magalops

Oculeus Commerson, 1803

Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Homonyms

Megalops Lacépède, 1803

Megalops Hallowell, 1860

Megalops H.Milne Edwards, 1837

Megalops Erichson, 1840

Megalops Dejean, 1833

Common names

tarpons in English

イセゴイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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