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Genera in the family or subfamily Megalopidae: [ 5 ] records

Amia Browne [P.] 1789:442 Fem. Not available, published in a rejected work on Official Index (Opinion 89). Based on Browne 1756:442 [ref. 30188]. •In the synonymy of Megalops Lacepède 1803 -- (Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Current status: Synonym of Megalops Lacepède 1803. Megalopidae.

Brisbania Castelnau [F. L.] 1878:241 Fem. Brisbania staigeri Castelnau 1878. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Megalops Lacepède 1803 -- (Daget 1984:32 [ref. 6170], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27061], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Megalops Lacepède 1803. Megalopidae.

Megalops Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1803:289 Masc. Megalops filamentosus Lacepède 1803. Type by monotypy. Spelled Megalopus by Minding 1832:124 [ref. 3022]. •Valid as Megalops Lacepède 1803 -- (Daget 1984:32 [ref. 6170], Uyeno in Masuda et al. 1984:21 [ref. 6441], Smith 1986:156 [ref. 5712], Kottelat 1989:4 [ref. 13605], Paxton et al. 1989:104 [ref. 12442], Smith 1989:968 [ref. 13285], Ataur Rahman 1989:234 [ref. 24860], Kuang in Pan et al. 1991:29 [ref. 23876], Allen 1991:38 [ref. 21090], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24550], Smith 1999:1621 [ref. 24661], Smith 2003:681 [ref. 26989], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27061], Ataur Rahman 2003:257 [ref. 31338], Paxton et al. 2006:223 [ref. 28995], Dolganov et al. 2008:275 [ref. 29598], Marshall 2011:57 [ref. 31755], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989], Angulo et al. 2013:989 [ref. 33194], Parin et al. 2014:46 [ref. 33547], Motomura et al. 2017:27 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:29 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:19 [ref. 36273], Fricke et al. 2019:48 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Megalops Lacepède 1803. Megalopidae.

Oculeus Commerson [P.] in Lacepède 1803:290 (footnote) Masc. Not available; published as a footnote in synonymy of Megalops Lacepède. Commerson names in footnotes in this volume of Lacepède placed on Official Index of Rejected Works (see remarks under Opinion 89 in Appendix B in Eschmeyer et al. 1990 [ref. 26735]). •In the synonymy of Megalops Lacepède 1803 -- (Daget 1984:32 [ref. 6170], Kottelat 2013:33 [ref. 32989]). Suppressed. Megalopidae.

Tarpon Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:408, 409 Masc. Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes 1847. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Tarpon Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Daget 1984:33 [ref. 6170], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1984:226 [ref. 13675], Bauchot in Lévêque et al. 1990:90 [ref. 21589]). •Synonym of Megalops Lacepède 1803 -- (Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:88 [ref. 24550], Ferraris in Reis et al. 2003:32 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Megalops Lacepède 1803. Megalopidae.