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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.
Tarpon are also found along the eastern Atlantic coast from Senegal to South Angola. [4] M. cyprinoides is found along the eastern African coast, throughout Southeast Asia, Japan, Tahiti, and Australia. Both species are found in marine and freshwater habitats, usually ascending rivers to access freshwater marshes. [5]
Oxeye or Indopacific Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) Species in the family Oreosomatidae. Oxeye oreo (Allocyttus folletti) Ox-eyed oreo (Oreosoma atlanticum) Other.
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.
Trichiurus lepturus Argyrosomus regius Pristipomoides filamentosus. Red Sea benthopelagic species include: . Aetobatus flagellum , Longheaded eagle ray, Myliobatidae; Aetobatus ocellatus , Myliobatidae
Lophogobius cyprinoides [12] Crevalle Jack: Caranx hippos: Croaking gourami: Trichopsis vittata: Cuban gar: Atractosteus tristoechus: Cuban dogfish: Squalus cubensis: Cuban ribbontail catshark: Eridacnis barbouri: Cubbyu: Pareques acuminatus: Cubera snapper: Lutjanus cyanopterus: Darter goby Ctenogobius boleosoma: Dash goby Ctenogobius ...
Atlantic tarpon: One of the longest living sport fish is the Atlantic tarpon, with a reported age of 55 years. [43] [44] [45] Green sturgeon: Some of the longest living fish are living fossils, such as the green sturgeon. This species is among the longest-living species found in freshwater, with a reported age of 60 years.
Indo-Pacific tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) Perciformes. There are 786 species and two subspecies in the order Perciformes evaluated as data deficient.