IRMNG - Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

IRMNG taxon details

Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883

IRMNG_ID

114896 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114896)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Elopiformes

Direct children (11)

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Genus Elopoides Wenz, 1965 †
Genus Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Genus Promegalops Casier, 1966 †
Genus Protarpon Forey, 1973 †
Genus Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 †
Genus Amia Browne, 1789 accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Genus Brisbania Castelnau, 1878 accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Genus Magalops accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803 (misspelling)
Genus Microcoelia Marck, 1863 † accepted as Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 †
Genus Oculeus Commerson in Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803
Genus Tarpon Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Megalops Lacepède, 1803 (synonym)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Megalopidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114896 on 2024-10-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-05-20 14:33:10Z

changed

Girard, Jean-Sébastien

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

additional source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

Unverified

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mixed Marine + Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

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