Megalops atlanticus

Marcia Salustiano de Castro & Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker, 2005, Leptocephali collected off the eastern coast of Brazil (12 ° – 23 ° S)., Zootaxa 935, pp. 1-28 : 4

publication ID	z00935p001
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267499
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26061E66-6643-8A3F-9D69-A6855ABF8FF3
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scientific name	Megalops atlanticus
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The species Megalops atlanticus View in CoL ZBK Valenciennes is the unique representative of the family Megalopidae in the Brazilian coast. Only one exemplar was collected in the autumn and its distribution was similar to that of Elops ZBK sp. (Figure 4). Study Material: DZUFRJ 2722 one specimen; preanal myomeres 39-47; predorsal myomeres 39-44; LVBV myomeres44; total myomeres 54; 15.9 mm SL.

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Taxonomy

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

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