Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 37 054001 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
- Rank
- Species
- CAAB category
- 37 - Pisces Fishes
- Image
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Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) Fishmap images- Image by:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Licence:
- Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike
- Rights:
- Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO
- Family
- 37 54 Megalopidae (Tarpons) - show full list
- Standard Name
(AS 5300) - Oxeye Herring
- Common Names List
- oxeye herring
- Organism Type
- a tarpon or oxeye herring
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List: - Habitat
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Freshwater
Estuarine
Coastal (0-40m) - Parent Codes
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37 054901
Megalops spp.
- Previous Codes
(if any) - 054001, 37 085011, 085011
- Identifiers
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Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bbbd1b42-26bf-408d-a52d-3c81eb510486
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living AustraliaFishes of Australia 1991
View at Fishes of AustraliaWorld Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212253
Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
- Distribution Map
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View detailed map
Modelled distribution shown as blue polygon (source: Australian National Fish Expert Distributions)
Updated on 2022-05-06Occurrence locations [17] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records - Distribution Data
- Expected species depth range is from 0 to 42 m.