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Tarpons
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Tarpons

Megalops

Tarpons are large air-breathing fish of the genus Megalops; one species is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Seas. They are the only members of the family Megalopidae.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Atlantic Tarpon

speciesMegalops atlanticus

Indo-Pacific Tarpon

speciesMegalops cyprinoides

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51415.