Clupea cyprinoides syn. Megalops cyprinoides
D. Marcus Elieser Bloch's, ausübenden Arztes zu Berlin ... Oeconomische Naturgeschichte der Fische Deutschlands ...
Date between 1782 and 1795
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/20919785442
Author Daniel Berger; F. G. Berger; Marcus Elieser Bloch; G. Bodenehr; George Bodenehr; Buchhandlung der Realschule; C. Darchow; C. F. Gursch; Krüger Hesse; F. C. W. Rosenberg; A. F. Schmidt; F. G. Schmidt; Friedrich Wilhelm Schmidt; Johann Gottlieb Schmidt; Ludwig Schmidt
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D._Marcus_Elieser_Bloch%27s,_aus%C3%BCbenden_Arztes_zu_Berlin_..._Oeconomische_Naturgeschichte_der_Fische_Deutschlands_(20919785442).jpg
The Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides), also known as the oxeye herring or simply herring due to its superficial resemblance to the true herrings, of which it is not a member, is the smaller of the two species of tarpon and lives in Indo-Pacific waters.
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Megalopidae
Genus: Megalops
Species: Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
Synonyms
- Clupea cyprinoides Broussonet 1782
- Elops cyprinoides (Broussonet 1782)
- Clupea thrissoides Bloch & Schneider 1801
- Cyprinodon cundingus Hamilton 1822
- Elops cundingus (Hamilton 1822)
- Megalops cundingus (Hamilton 1822)
- Megalops curtifilis Richardson 1846
- Megalops filamentosus Lacepède 1803
- Megalops indicus Valenciennes 1847
- Megalops macrophthalmus Bleeker 1851
- Megalops macropterus Bleeker 1866
- Megalops oligolepis Bleeker 1866
- Megalops setipinnis Richardson 1846
- Megalops staigeri Castelnau 1878 |
