Indo-Pacific tarpon

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.

This article is about the Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides). For the genus Megalops, see Tarpon. For the Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus), see Atlantic tarpon.

Indo-Pacific tarpon
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Elopiformes
Family: Megalopidae
Genus: Megalops
Species:
M. cyprinoides
Binomial name
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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