Megalaspis Bleeker [P.] 1851:342, 352 Fem. Scomber rottleri Bloch 1793. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Megalaspis Bleeker 1851 -- (Smith-Vaniz 1984:524 [ref. 13664], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:155 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1986:653 [ref. 5718], Gushiken 1988:443 [ref. 6697], Paxton et al. 1989:581 [ref. 12442], Gunn 1990:40 [ref. 20141], Lin & Shao 1999:59 [ref. 23921], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2663 [ref. 24833], Hoese & Gates 2006:1161 [ref. 28997], Kimura 2009:123 [ref. 30425], Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989], Motomura et al. 2017:116 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:185 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:85 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Megalaspis Bleeker 1851. Carangidae: Caranginae.