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View Mode View All Pictures Species Megalops elongatus Girard    Megalops elongatus was originally described as Megalops elongatus by Girard in 1859. It belongs to the family Megalopidae. It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   elongatus AuthorWI   Girard [C. F.] AuthorNI   Girard Qualification   --- Year   1859 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Elopiformes Elopiformes Family   Megalopidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Megalops Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Elopiformes Family   Megalopidae Genus   Megalops Original Name   Megalops         Taxon Name   elongatus Original Combination   Megalops elongatus Original Genus   Megalops Original Genus Species   Megalops elongatus OriginalSubGenus   Megalops Original Author   Girard Original AuthorWI   Girard [C. F.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1859 Original Family   Megalopidae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   Long Island, New York, U.S.A. (stray). Primary Code   --- Primary Type   No types known Journal   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. Citation   v. 11 Page   224 SubSpecies AuthorWI --- Qualification SS --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI --- Current Genus Species Megalops atlanticus Current Species atlanticus Current Genus Megalops Current AuthorWI Valenciennes [A.] Current AuthorNI Valenciennes Current Year 1847 Current Family Megalopidae Current Subfamily --- --- Habitat freshwater, brackish, marine.         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water     Current Summary   Synonym of Megalops atlanticus  Valenciennes 1847. Megalopidae.   Name History   •Synonym of Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes 1847) -- (Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1984:226 [ref. 13675], Saldanha & Whitehead 1990:120 [ref. 35708]). •Synonym of Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847 -- (Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27061]). Common Names Picture Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (21 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   atlantica Megalops atlantica Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847 Synonym atlanticus Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847 Valid bimaculata Megalops bimaculata Lesueur [C. A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847 Synonym caillentassard Megalops caillentassard Blandowski [W.] 1855 Synonym cepediana Megalops cepediana Lesueur [C. A.] 1818 Synonym cundinga Megalops cundinga (Hamilton [F.] 1822) Synonym curtifilis Megalops curtifilis Richardson [J.] 1846 Synonym cyprinoides Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet [P. M. A.] 1782) Valid filamentosus Megalops filamentosus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803 Synonym giganteus Megalops giganteus (Shaw [G.] 1804) Synonym indicus Megalops indicus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1847 Synonym kundinga Megalops kundinga Bleeker [P.] 1866 Synonym macrophthalmus Megalops macrophthalmus Bleeker [P.] 1851 Synonym macropterus Megalops macropterus Bleeker [P.] 1866 Synonym notata Megalops notata Lesueur [C. A.] 1818 Synonym oglina Megalops oglina Lesueur [C. A.] 1818 Synonym oligolepis Megalops oligolepis Bleeker [P.] 1866 Synonym setipinnis Megalops setipinnis Richardson [J.] 1843 Synonym staigeri Megalops staigeri (Castelnau [F. L.] 1878) Synonym tenuifilis Megalops tenuifilis Cuvier [G.] in Spix & Agassiz 1829 In family thrissoides Megalops thrissoides Spix [J. B. von] & Agassiz [L.] 1829 In family Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (21 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…