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.