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Megalopidae
Indo-Pacific tarpon
Megalops cyprinoides
Megalopid Fish beneath the Red Sea
- Tropical
- Lower river
- Transcontinental
- Indian Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Africa
- East Asia
- Oceania
- Elongated
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Indian Ocean
Africa
Elongated
LargeIndo-Pacific tarpon is known from Indo-Pacific as a fish. Records give a maximum length of 150 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Megalopidae
- Genus
- Megalops
- Maximum length
- 150 cm
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964 ), Red Sea and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 3969 ) to the Society Islands, north to southern Korea, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819 ) and New South Wales. Restricted to high islands (Palau, Caroline and Mariana islands) in Micronesia. Reported as far inland as the lower Shire in Malawi and the Save-Runde junction in Zimbabwe (Ref. 7248 , 52193 ). Widespread in the Lower Zambezi River channels up to Marromeu and in the Micelo River up to Malingapanzi (Ref. 39494 ). South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and East China Sea(Ref.33302).
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status