Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
| image = atlantic tarpon.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Atlantic tarpon
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Actinopterygii
| ordo = Elopiformes
| familia =
Megalopidae
| genus =
Megalops
| genus_authority = Valenciennes, 1847
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
Megalops atlanticus
Megalops cyprinoides
}}
There are two species of
Megalops, commonly known as the
tarpon, one native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific oceans. They are the only members of the family
Megalopidae and genus
Megalops.
full article at Wikipedia
