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AfReMaS taxon detailsMegalops Lacepède, 1803
125726 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125726)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh,
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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 289 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Megalops Lacepède, 1803. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125726 on 2026-10-08
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Megalops Lacepède, 1803. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125726 on 2026-10-08
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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, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=4930
page(s): 289 [details] taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] context source (PeRMS) Hooker, Y. (2025). First record of the atlantic tarpon Megalops atlanticus (Elopiformes: Megalopidae) in the Southeast Pacific, Peru. <em>Boletin Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 40(1): e430., available online at https://doi.org/10.53554/boletin.v40i1.430 [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] 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
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Catalog of Fishes To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Megalops) To ITIS Unreviewed
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