Megalops cyprinoides

Lower jaw projects beyond snout; a bony gular plate present between the jaw bones. Last fin ray of dorsal long and filamentous; ventrally located pectoral fins; abdominal pelvic fins with 9 or more rays. Branchiostegals more than 23. Scales large. Color blue-green dorsally; silvery on sides. Can tolerate oxygen-poor water by `breathing' air into a lung-like air bladder. Also Ref. 3969.

• Megalops curtifilis Richardson, 1846
• Elops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
• Megalops cyoprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
• Megalops macrophthalmus Bleeker, 1851
• Megalops giganteus (Shaw, 1804)
• Megalops filamentosus Lacepède, 1803
• Elops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822)
• Clupea cyprinoides Broussonet, 1782
• Clupea thrissoides Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Megalops oligolepis Bleeker, 1866
• Megalops indicus Valenciennes, 1847
• Brisbania staigeri Castelnau, 1878
• Clupea gigantea Shaw, 1804
• Megalops macropterus Bleeker, 1866
• Megalops cundinga (Hamilton, 1822)
• Magalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
• Megalops setipinnis Richardson, 1843
• Cyprinodon cundinga Hamilton, 1822
• Megalops kundinga Bleeker, 1866