Species details : Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847

Accepted scientific name:
Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
Synonyms:
Clupea cyprinoides (non Broussonet, 1782) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Clupea cyprinoides (non Broussonet, 1782)
Clupea gigantea (non Shaw, 1804) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Clupea gigantea (non Shaw, 1804)
Clupea thrissoides (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Clupea thrissoides (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Megalops atlantica Valenciennes, 1847
Megalops cyprinoides (non Broussonet, 1782) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Megalops cyprinoides (non Broussonet, 1782)
Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Megalops elongatus Girard, 1859
Megalops thrissoides (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Megalops thrissoides (non Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes, 1847)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Sábalo - - - Click here to show the literature reference
Palika - Creole, French French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Tainha - Creole, Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon atlantský - Czech - Click here to show the literature reference
Atlantisk Tarpon - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Danish Denmark Click here to show the literature reference
Palika - Djuka French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Dutch - Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Dutch Netherlands Click here to show the literature reference
Atlantic tarpon - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Bass - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Cuffum - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Madzorfloe - English Ghana Click here to show the literature reference
Silverfish - English Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Silverfish - English USA(Florida) Click here to show the literature reference
Silverking - English Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Silverking - English USA(Florida) Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English - Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Bahamas Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Barbados Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Belize Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Ghana Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Guyana Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Jamaica Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Martinique Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English Sierra Leone Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English United Kingdom Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - English USA Click here to show the literature reference
Tarponi - Finnish Finland Click here to show the literature reference
Ofin - Fon GBE Benin Click here to show the literature reference
Cuffum - French French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Grand-écaille - French - Click here to show the literature reference
Grand-écaille - French Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Grand-écaille - French Guadeloupe Click here to show the literature reference
Grand-écaille - French Haiti Click here to show the literature reference
Grand-écaille - French Martinique Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - French France Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - French French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - French Senegal Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon argenté - French France Click here to show the literature reference
Manyofle - Ga Ghana Click here to show the literature reference
Abalitsa - Galibi French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Atlantischer Tarpun - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Frauenfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Silberfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpun - German Germany Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpone - Italian Italy Click here to show the literature reference
大西洋大海鰱 Da si yang a hai lian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
大西洋大海鲢 Da xi yang a hai lian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
大西洋泰庞大海鲢 Da xi yang tai pang da hai lian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
大西洋泰龐大海鰱 Da si yang tai pang da hai lian Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature reference
Tapam - Mískito Nicaragua Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Norwegian Norway Click here to show the literature reference
Suwiki - Palicur French Guiana Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon atlantycki - Polish Poland Click here to show the literature reference
Camaripim - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camarupi - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camarupim - Portuguese Brazil(Santa Catarina) Click here to show the literature reference
Camarupim-tarpão - Portuguese Brazil(Santa Catarina) Click here to show the literature reference
Camburupu - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camorubi - Portuguese Brazil(Pernambuco) Click here to show the literature reference
Camorupim - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camuripema - Portuguese Brazil(Bahia and Paraíba) Click here to show the literature reference
Camuripim - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camurupi - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Camurupim - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil: Ceará, Pernambuco, Piauí and ) Click here to show the literature reference
Camurupim-pema - Portuguese Brazil(Pernanmbuco and Piauí) Click here to show the literature reference
Cangurupi - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Cangurupim - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil and Rio de Janeiro) Click here to show the literature reference
Canjurupi - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Canjurupim - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Conjurupi - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-prata - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-prata - Portuguese Angola Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-prata - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature reference
Peixe-prata-do-atlântico - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature reference
Pema - Portuguese Brazil(Northeastern Brazil: Bahia, Ceará, Pernambuco and ) Click here to show the literature reference
Pirapema - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Pomboca - Portuguese Brazil Click here to show the literature reference
Tainha-congo - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão - Portuguese - Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão - Portuguese Brazil(Santa Catarina) Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão-do-Atlântico - Portuguese Cape Verde Islands Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpão-do-Atlântico - Portuguese Portugal Click here to show the literature reference
тарпон атлантический - Russian Russia Click here to show the literature reference
Pez lagarto - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish Cuba Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish Dominican Rp Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish Puerto Rico Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish USA(Florida) Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo - Spanish Venezuela(Los Roques Island) Click here to show the literature reference
Sábalo real - Spanish Costa Rica Click here to show the literature reference
Sabaloreal - Spanish Nicaragua Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Spanish Spain Click here to show the literature reference
Trapoen - Sranan Suriname Click here to show the literature reference
Tarpon - Swedish Sweden Click here to show the literature reference
Mell - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature reference
Wallidöër - Wolof Senegal Click here to show the literature reference
Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Elopiformes FishBase
Family Megalopidae FishBase
Genus Megalops FishBase
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola, with exceptional occurrences in Portugal, Azores and Atlantic coast of southern France. Western Atlantic: North Carolina, USA to Bahia, Brazil, with occasional occurrences off the American coast northward to Nova Scotia, Canada and southward to Cananéia, Brazil and Argentina. Throughout Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Ref. 26938). Eastern Central Pacific: Cobia Island in Panama via the Panama Canal.
Lifezones: Brackish,freshwater,marine
Additional data: In Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-May-2014
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=1079
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:2df85340-c365-11e4-869f-239583ce8323:col20150401

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