General information |
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Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) |
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Common name | Indo-Pacific tarpon |
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Synonyms |
Clupea cyprinoides Broussonet, 1782 Elops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Magalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782) Clupea thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Megalops filamentosus Lacepede, 1803 Cyprinodon cundinga Hamilton, 1822 Elops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822) Megalops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822) Megalops setipinnis Richardson, 1843 Megalops curtifilis Richardson, 1846 Megalops macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1851 |
IUCN Red List status (2014) |
Data Deficient (DD) |
Habitat |
Saltwater and freshwater |
Systematics |
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Elopiformes; Megalopidae. |
Geographical distribution |
India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; North Korea; Maldives; Vietnam; Saudi Arabia; Egypt; Myanmar; Oman; Yemen; Cambodia; Australia; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Somalia; Kenya; Mozambique; Sudan; Eritrea; American Soma; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Micronesia; New Caledonia; Samoa; Tonga; Vanuatu; Djibouti; Malawi; Mauritius; Reunion; Seychelles; Swaziland; Zimbabwe |
Occurrence |
Native: India, China, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, North Korea, Maldives, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Myanmar, Oman, Yemen, Cambodia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Eritrea, American Soma, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Djibouti, Malawi, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Importance |
Food/sports |
Remarks |
Nil |
Karyological information |
Geographical area of study |
Bardwar park breach, Bombay, Maharashtra, India |
Source of chromosomes |
Kidney |
Number of specimens with sex |
3 |
Diploid chromosome number |
52 |
Karyotype formula |
52A |
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Fundamental arm number |
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Chromosome length |
Not reported |
Sex chromosome |
Not detected |
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH |
Nil |
Reference(s) |
Rishi KK, Haobam MS (1984).Somatic Chromosomes in Marine Fish Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet) (Megalopidae): Elopiformes. Chromosome Information Service, 36: 22-24. |
Karyotype /Metaphase complement image |
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