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Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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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. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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order
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Elopiformes
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family
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Megalopidae
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genus
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Megalops
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species
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Megalops atlanticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859
- Megalops thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1873
- Megalops thrissoides Günther, 1868
- Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847)
- Homonyms
- Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
- Common names
- Abalitsa in language.
- Atlandi tarpoon in Estonian
- Atlantic tarpon in English
- Atlantic tarpon in English
- Atlantischer Tarpun in German
- Atlantisk tarpon in Danish
- Bass in English
- Bass in English
- Camaripim in Portuguese
- Camarupi in Portuguese
- Camarupim in Portuguese
- Camarupim-tarpão in Portuguese
- Camburupu in Portuguese
- Camorubi in Portuguese
- Camorupim in Portuguese
- Camuripema in Portuguese
- Camuripi in Portuguese
- Camuripim in Portuguese
- Camurupi in Portuguese
- Camurupim in Portuguese
- Camurupim-pema in Portuguese
- Cangurupi in Portuguese
- Cangurupim in Portuguese
- Canjurupi in Portuguese
- Canjurupim in Portuguese
- Conjurupi in Portuguese
- Cuffum in French
- Cuffum in English
- Dimtatoli in language.
- Frauenfisch in German
- Grand-écaille in French
- Grand-écaille in French
- Grand-écaille in French
- Grand-écaille in French
- Grand-écaille in French
- Indo-Pacific tarpon in English
- Madzorfloe in English
- Manyofle in Irish
- Mbessi in language.
- Mell in Wolof
- Mèl in Wolof
- Ofin in language.
- Palika in language.
- Palika in language.
- Peixe-prata in Portuguese
- Peixe-prata in Portuguese
- Peixe-prata in Portuguese
- Peixe-prata-do-atlântico in Portuguese
- Peixe-prata-do-atlântico in Portuguese
- Pema in Portuguese
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
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Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
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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. 19: i-xix + 1-544 + 6 pp. Pls. 554-590.
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Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
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Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H.L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéque, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C.W.; Mooney, T.A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L.K.; Rice, A.N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Sprie, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M.J.G. Underwater Soniferous Behavior Trait Provided in the World Register of Marine Species. <em>(In preparation).</em>
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Maldonado-Ocampo, J. A., R. P. Vari y J. S. Usma. (2008). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 143-237.
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McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
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Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1980: A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. 174.
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Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
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Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
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Wade, R.A. 1969. Ecology of juvenile tarpon and effects of dieldrin on two associated species. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Washington, D.C. Technical Papers of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife: 41. 85 p.
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Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
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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