Species profile—Megalops cyprinoides (oxeye herring)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Megalopidae (tarpon) → Megalops cyprinoides (oxeye herring)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Megalopidae (tarpon)
- Scientific name
- Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet, 1782)
- Common name
- oxeye herring
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27021
- Alternate name(s)
- tarpon
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Marine
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27021
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.