Megalopidae

Megalopidae is an ancient family of ray-finned fish, one of two living members of the order Elopiformes. It contains a single living genus (Megalops, the tarpons) with two species, and several extinct genera dating back to the Early Cretaceous. They likely diverged from their closest relatives, the Elopidae, during the Late Jurassic.'

== Taxonomy == The following genera belong to this family:' Genus Megalops Lacépède, 1803 (=†Starrias Jordan, 1925) - Late Cretaceous (Campanian) or Late Oligocene to present Genus †Arratiaelops Taverne, 1999 - Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Belgium & England Genus †Brouweria de Beaufort, 1926 - Early Miocene of Sulawesi, Indonesia Genus †Elopoides Wenz, 1965 - Early Cretaceous (Albian) of France Genus †Ikawaihere Gottfried et al., 2026 - Paleogene of the Chatham Islands, New Zealand Genus †Paratarpon Bardack, 1970 - Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada Genus †Promegalops Casier, 1966 - Early Eocene of England Genus †Protarpon Forey, 1973 - Late Paleocene to Early Eocene of Morocco & England Genus †Sedenhorstia White & Moy-Thomas, 1941 - Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Campanian) of Lebanon and Germany