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View Mode View All Pictures Species Platygaster megalopterus (Swainson 1839)    Platygaster megalopterus was originally described as Clupea (Platygaster) megalopterus by Swainson in 1839. It belongs to the family Pristigasteridae and subfamily Pelloninae. It is found in Fresh, Brackish and Salt water and its distribution is Indo-West Pacific.   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   megalopterus AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] AuthorNI   Swainson Qualification   --- Year   1839 Status   Synonym Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Clupeiformes Clupeiformes Family   Pristigasteridae Subfamily   Pelloninae Pelloninae Genus   Platygaster Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Clupeiformes Family   Pristigasteridae Subfamily   Pelloninae Genus   Platygaster Original Name   Clupea (Platygaster)         Taxon Name   megalopterus Original Combination   Clupea (Platygaster) megalopterus Original Genus   Clupea Original Genus Species   Clupea (Platygaster) megalopterus OriginalSubGenus   Clupea Original Author   Swainson Original AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1839 Original Family   Clupeidae Original SubFamily   Pelloninae Original Level   species Type Locality   Coromandel Coast, India (original locality: Vizagapatham, India). Primary Code   Neotype Primary Type   MNHN 3708 Page   294 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Ilisha --- Current Genus   Ilisha Current AuthorWI   Swainson [W.] Current AuthorNI   Swainson Current Year   1838 Current Family   Pristigasteridae Current Subfamily   Pelloninae Pelloninae         Water Fresh, Brackish and Salt water     Distribution Indo-West Pacific. Current Summary   Synonym of Ilisha megaloptera  (Swainson 1838). Pristigasteridae.   Name History   • Valid as Ilisha megaloptera  (Swainson 1838) -- (Seshagiri Rao 1977:73 [ref. 21670], Kyushin et al. 1982:29 [ref. 19754], Whitehead 1985:270 [ref. 5141], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:119 [ref. 20764], Kottelat et al. 1993:19 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:63 [ref. 22772], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:120 [ref. 27969], Munroe et al. 1999:1763 [ref. 24728], Munroe & Nizinski in Randall & Lim 2000:587 [ref. 25122], Zhang 2001:112 [ref. 26586], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S96 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:21 [ref. 27712], Ataur Rahman 2003:277 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2013:50 [ref. 32989]). 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 (4 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   indicus Platygaster indicus (Swainson [W.] 1839) Synonym macropthalma Platygaster macropthalma Swainson [W.] 1838 Synonym parva Platygaster parva (Swainson [W.] 1839) Uncertain verticalis Platygaster verticalis Swainson [W.] 1838 Synonym 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 (4 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…