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Indo-Pacific tarpon
Megalops cyprinoides
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Indo-Pacific tarpon
- Scientific
- Megalops cyprinoides
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Megalopidae (tarpons)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 1.5 m (total length); commonly 30 cm; max. published weight 18 kg
- Depth and habitat
- Near the bottom and in the water column above it, recorded from 1 to 50 m; also enters brackish water
- IUCN status
- DD · Data DeficientData Deficient (DD), assessed 2016
Description
A large-eyed, silvery fish with big scales, an upturned mouth and a long last dorsal ray, reaching about 1.5 m. It can gulp air at the surface. Young live in river mouths, mangroves and brackish lakes, and adults at sea.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Megalops-cyprinoides.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Megalops_cyprinoides_Hakone.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.