Megalopidae

LARSON, HELEN K., WILLIAMS, REX S. & HAMMER, MICHAEL P., 2013, <strong> An annotated checklist of the fishes of the Northern Territory, Australia </ strong>, Zootaxa 3696 (1), pp. 1-293 : 23

Megalopidae

(tarpons)

Megalops cyprinoides ( Broussonet, 1782)

Oxeye Herring

Clupea cyprinoides Broussonet, 1782: 39 (Tanna, New Hebrides).

Megalops setipinnis Richardson, 1843a: 493 (Port Essington).

Megalops cyprinoides — Macleay 1878: 364 (Port Darwin); Rendahl 1922: 168 (Glencoe; Port Darwin); Taylor 1964: 59 (Nightcliff;Groote Eylandt; Bickerton Island; Yirrkalla; Oenpelli); Midgley 1973: 4–5, 8 (Tin Camp Creek; Cooper Creek; Nourlangie Creek; Saw Cut Creek; Deaf Adder Creek); Pollard 1974: 9–10 (Alligator Rivers); Midgley 1980: Appendix B (Fish River; Douglas River); Midgley 1981: Appendix B (East Baines River; West Baines River; Angalarri River tributary); Midgley 1982: Appendix B (Foelsche River); Midgley 1983: Appendix B (Goomadeer River); Sainsbury et al. 1984: 331 (Region D [= Top End NT seas]); Lyle and Timms 1984: 72 (NT waters); Midgley 1984: appendix B (Mary River; Mt Ringwood lagoon; Margaret River; Howley Creek; Adelaide River); Dixon and Huxley 1985: 177 (Arnhem Bay– Glyde River areas); Larson 1987: 147 (Kakadu Stages 1 and 2); Davis 1988: 164 (upstream Buffalo Creek); Russell and Houston 1989: 79 (Arafura Sea); Blaber et al. 1992: 6 (Groote Eylandt); Midgley 1994: 5 (Tooganginie Creek, McArthur River); Ramm 1997: 12 (Timor and Arafura Seas, between longitudes 127– 137° E); Larson 1997: 25 (South Alligator River); Larson and Williams 1997: 346 (Coconut Grove; Leanyer Swamp); Larson 1998: 31 (Andranangoo Creek, Melville Island); Larson 1999a: 19 (Keep River; Sandy Creek); Larson 1999b: 26 (Kakadu); Larson 2000: 35 (Field Island); Wilson and Brooks 2004: 11 (Moyle River; Anopheles Creek; Tom Turner Creek; Goyder River; Barmguerikba Creek; Chambers River; Bradshaw Creek; Giddy River; Wonga Creek; Cato River; Habgood River; Buckingham River); Hoese et al. 2006: 223 (NT; N coast); Fisher and Calaby 2009: 32 (freshwater swamps near Victoria, Port Essington).