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Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847

Dataset
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Published in
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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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Elopiformes
family
Megalopidae
genus
Megalops
species
Megalops atlanticus

Name

Synonyms
Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847
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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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Murdy, Edward O., Ray S. Birdsong, and John A. Musick, 1997: null. Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. xi + 324.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp.
  13. 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.
  14. Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes.
  15. 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
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