Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2229

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930210138359
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5262871
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scientific name	Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847
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Reference material. Sekumu Lagoon, near Accra, May 1930 (Irvine 129 B)— BMNH 1932.2.27.1-2 (one specimen only: 105 mm SL) .

Distribution. Both sides of the tropical Atlantic. Regular occurrence from Senegal to Angola in the eastern Atlantic (Quéro et al., 1990).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Elopiformes
Family	Megalopidae
Genus	Megalops

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