Tarpon
Family of fishes (Megalopidae) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Tarpon (disambiguation).
Tarpon are fish of the genus Megalops. They are the only members of the family Megalopidae. Of the two species, one (M. atlanticus) is native to the Atlantic, and the other (M. cyprinoides) to the Indo-Pacific Oceans.
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Atlantic tarpon | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Superorder: | Elopomorpha |
Order: | Elopiformes |
Family: | Megalopidae D. S. Jordan, 1923 |
Genus: | Megalops Valenciennes, 1847 |
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