Species that contain: Megalaspis and cordyla [ 5 ] records

besselii, Caranx (Pleiopterus) Agassiz [L.] 1874:no page number, Pl. 1 [Pisces Celebes. Icones Piscium.; ref. 15837] Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): MHNN 2125. Type catalog: Kottelat 1984:149 [ref. 21784]. Plate with name, no description. •Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

cordyla, Scomber Linnaeus [C.] 1758:298 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] America [in error]. If Neotype is accepted: Riau, Selat Riau, Indonesia. Neotype: SMNS 3849. Spelled cordila by Bonnaterre 1788:139 [ref. 4940]. Neotype designation by Fricke 1999:252 [ref. 24106] is invalid; see Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. But Kottelat (2013) says it fulfills conditions of the Code. Freshwater record by Herre (1953:279) listed by Kottelat (2013). •Valid as Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kyushin et al. 1982:197 [ref. 19754], Dor 1984:129 [ref. 29757], Gushiken in Masuda et al. 1984:155 [ref. 6441], Smith-Vaniz 1986:653 [ref. 5718], Allen & Swainston 1988:72 [ref. 25477], Paxton et al. 1989:581 [ref. 12442], Randall et al. 1990:164 [ref. 15987], Gunn 1990:40 [ref. 20141], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:824 [ref. 20764], Goren & Dor 1994:34 [ref. 25356], Randall 1995:183 [ref. 22896], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:441 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:114 [ref. 23977], Carpenter et al. 1997:163 [ref. 23922], Chen et al. 1997:66 [ref. 26476], Randall et al. 1997:164 [ref. 25919], Lin & Shao 1999:59 [ref. 23921], Myers 1999:141 [ref. 23965], Fricke 1999:252 [ref. 24106], Mishra & Srinivasan 1999:245 [ref. 24754], Smith-Vaniz 1999:2726 [ref. 24833], Mishra et al. 1999:86 [ref. 25315], Johnson 1999:734 [ref. 25471], Nakabo 2000:793 [ref. 25086], Smith-Vaniz in Randall & Lim 2000:616 [ref. 25122], Laboute & Grandperrin 2000:235 [ref. 25191], Bijukumar & Sushama 2000:186 [ref. 25703], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:100 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:33 [ref. 25847], Nakabo 2002:793 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:326, 605 [ref. 26218], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S107 [ref. 27377], Mishra & Krishnan 2003:31 [ref. 27712], Randall et al. 2004:15 [ref. 27624], Adrim et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27715], Randall 2005:234 [ref. 28239], Mundy 2005:370 [ref. 28379], Randall et al. 2005:122 [ref. 28745], Hoese & Gates 2006:1161 [ref. 28997], Springer & Smith-Vaniz 2008:30 [ref. 31826], Kimura 2009:123 [ref. 30425], Allen & Erdmann 2012:436 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32988], Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989], Yoshida et al. 2013:119 [ref. 34464], Psomadakis et al. 2015:225 [ref. 34104], Motomura et al. 2017:116 [ref. 35490], Ali et al. 2018:323 [ref. 36183], Fricke et al. 2018:185 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:85 [ref. 36273], Kimura in Kimura et al. 2018:134 [ref. 36460], Suresh et al. 2018:207 [ref. 36495], Eagderi et al. 2019:50 [ref. 37020], Habib & Islam 2020:Supplementary table p. 16 [ref. 38321], Kim et al. 2020:127 [ref. 39118], Psomadakis et al. 2020:428 [ref. 37272], Kim et al. 2021:146 [ref. 39117], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:173 [ref. 41223], Smith-Vaniz 2022:54 [ref. 39876], Vilasri et al. 2023:82 [ref. 40764], Allen & Erdmann 2024:463 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Distribution: Red Sea; Indo-West Pacific: KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), East Africa and Persian Gulf east to Marshall Islands and Samoa, north to southern Korea and southern Japan, south to Western Australia, New South Wales (Australia), New Caledonia and Tonga. Habitat: marine.

guara, Scomber Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:598, 604 [Histoire naturelle des poissons (Lacepède) v. 2; ref. 2709] Brazil, South America [in error]. No types known. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:51 [ref. 12247]. Unnecessary replacement name for Scomber cordyla Linnaeus 1758. Also appeared in Sonnini 1803:283, 292 (vol. 7) [ref. 30473]. See neotype desigation by Fricke 1999 under cordyle. •Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

plumbea, Citula Quoy [J. R. C.] & Gaimard [J. P.] 1825:361 [Voyage autour du monde; ref. 3574] Mauritius, Mascarenes, southwestern Indian Ocean. Holotype (unique): not found at MNHN. Type catalog: Smith-Vaniz et al. 1979:38 [ref. 12247]. •Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Fricke 1999:252 [ref. 24106], Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989], Eagderi et al. 2019:50 [ref. 37020]). Current status: Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.

rottleri, Scomber Bloch [M. E.] 1793:88, Pl. 346 [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 7; ref. 4868] East-India. Lectotype: ZMB 8763 (right skin). Paralectotypes: ZMB 8736 (1, left skin). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:55 [ref. 24282]. On p. 39 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 10 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:55 [ref. 24282]. Species epithet misspelled rotleri by Cuvier 1831:153 [ref. 30376]. •Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Dor 1984:129 [ref. 29757], Hoese & Gates 2006:1161 [ref. 28997], Kottelat 2013:334 [ref. 32989], Golani & Fricke 2018:85 [ref. 36273], Smith-Vaniz 2022:54 [ref. 39876]). Current status: Synonym of Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus 1758). Carangidae: Caranginae. Habitat: marine.