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Scientific Name	**Megalops cyprinoides** (Broussonet, 1782)
Common Name
Type Locality	Tana, New Hebrides [Tanna, Vanuatu] (original localities: tropical seas, several localities).
Synonym(s)	Brisbania staigeri, Clupea cyprinoides, Clupea gigantea, Clupea thrissoides, Cyprinodon cundinga, Elops cundinga, Elops cyprinoides, Magalops cyprinoides, Megalops cundinga, Megalops curtifilis, Megalops cyoprinoides, Megalops filamentosus, Megalops giganteus, Megalops indicus, Megalops kundinga, Megalops macrophthalmus, Megalops macropterus, Megalops oligolepis, Megalops setipinnis
Etymology	Megalops: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, ops = appearance.
Species Information
Size	1500mm or 59.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Indo-Pacific: Red Sea and Natal, South Africa to the Society Islands, north to southern Korea, south to the Arafura Sea and New South Wales. Restricted to high islands (Palau, Caroline and Mariana islands) in Micronesia. Reported as far inland as the lower Shire in Malawi and the Save-Runde junction in Zimbabwe. Widespread in the Lower Zambezi River channels up to Marromeu and in the Micelo River up to Malingapanzi. South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and East China Sea.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2016.
Other Parameters	Adults are generally found at sea, but young inhabit river mouths, inner bays, and mangrove forests, juveniles commonly enter freshwater. In freshwater, they occur in rivers, lagoons, lakes, and swampy backwaters. Marine, brackish and freshwater.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	In nature, this species is predaceous, feeding mainly on fishes and crustaceans-. User data.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones. Decas I., pp [39], Pl. [9].
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 13:07 (species record created: 2014 Nov 16 14:08)