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Tarpon inhabiting the western Atlantic are principally found to populate warmer coastal waters, primarily in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and the West Indies. Nonetheless, tarpon are regularly caught by anglers at Cape Hatteras and as far north as Nova Scotia, Bermuda, and south to Argentina.
The Atlantic tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) is a ray-finned fish that inhabits coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers.It is also known as the silver king.It is found in the Atlantic Ocean, typically in tropical and subtropical regions, though it has been reported as far north as Nova Scotia and the Atlantic coast of southern France, and as far south as Argentina.
The Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides), also known as the oxeye herring or simply herring due to its superficial resemblance to the true herrings, of which it is not a member, is the smaller of the two species of tarpon and lives in Indo-Pacific waters.
Lake Tarpon is a freshwater lake located about 10 miles (16 km) west of Tampa in Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs, Florida. Lake Tarpon is the largest freshwater lake in Pinellas County with a surface area of 2,534 acres (10.25 km 2). [1] Its watershed encompasses 52 square miles (130 km 2). Its two largest tributaries are South Creek and Brooker ...
The tarpon is a species of a large, herring-like fish of the genus Megalops. Tarpon may also refer to: Tarpon, Virginia, a community in the United States; Grumman Tarpon or Grumman TBF Avenger, a torpedo bomber; HMS Tarpon, a destroyer; HMS Tarpon, a submarine launched in 1939; USS Tarpon or USS C-3, a C-class submarine
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The Elopiformes / ˈ ɛ l ə p ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / are the order of ray-finned fish including the tarpons, tenpounders, and ladyfish, as well as a number of extinct types.They have a long fossil record, easily distinguished from other fishes by the presence of an additional set of bones in the throat.
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