Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet)

Wilkinson, Clare L. & Hui, Tan Heok, 2018, Fishes of the Brantian drainage, Sabah, Malaysia, with description of a new Rasbora species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 66, pp. 595-609 : 597

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5360110

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5454943

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scientific name

Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet)
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Remarks. One single sub-adult specimen was collected in the Brantian River mainstream with a cast net. The presence of both Megalopidae and Anguillidae indicate that the Brantian drainage still has direct passage to the sea, as these two taxa require a marine phase in their life cycles.

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