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

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z00935p001

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3EA0A64C-D816-4404-8602-B8A4A37D170E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267499

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/26061E66-6643-8A3F-9D69-A6855ABF8FF3

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Thomas

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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