Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

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Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides)

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

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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

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