Tarpon
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Tarpon are fish of the genus Megalops. They are the only extant members of the family Megalopidae. Of the two species, one (M. atlanticus) is native to the Atlantic, and the other (M. cyprinoides) to the Indo-Pacific Oceans.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderElopiformes
- FamilyMegalopidae
屬 見內文 大海鰱科（學名：Megalopidae）是輻鰭魚綱海鰱目的其中一科。 目录 1 分布 2 深度 3 特徵 4 分類 5 生態 6 經濟利用 7 參考來源 分布 本科魚類廣泛分布於印度、西太平洋、西大西洋海域。 深度 水深1至30公尺以上。 特徵 型態近似海鰱科，但體較短壯，略為側扁。體被大圓鱗，側線直走。背鰭、臀鰭基底無鱗鞘；背鰭單一，最後鰭條延長為絲狀，背鰭稍小於臀鰭。眼大，有脂性眼瞼，口裂斜，下頷突出。 分類 大海鰱科下分1個屬，如下： 大海鰱屬(Megalops) 大西洋大海鰱(Megalops atlanticus) 大海鰱(Megalops cyprinoides)：又稱大眼海鰱。 生態 屬於熱帶、亞熱帶洄游性魚類，游泳速度快，通常是獨居，以掠食小魚為生。有時進入紅樹林沼澤區的河口，甚至溯流入河川數里之遠，是廣鹽性魚類。幼魚發生變態行為，即「細頭狹帶型」的幼魚期，全身透明，浮游於沿岸淺水域及河口區。 經濟利用 食用魚，但味道欠佳且多刺，通常是醃製成鹹魚。 參考來源 大海鰱科Tarpon-wiki（英文） [1]（英文） 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=大海鰱科&oldid=45248932” 分类： 食用鱼 大海鰱科 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 含有拉丁語的條目
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Tarpon are fish of the genus Megalops. They are the only extant members of the family Megalopidae. Of the two species, one (M. atlanticus) is native to the Atlantic, and the other (M. cyprinoides) to the Indo-Pacific Oceans.
== Species and habitats == The two species of tarpon are M. atlanticus (Atlantic tarpon) and M. cyprinoides (Indo-Pacific tarpon): M. atlanticus is found on the western Atlantic coast from Virginia to Brazil, throughout the Caribbean and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Tarpon are also found along the eastern Atlantic coast from Senegal to South Angola. M. cyprinoides is found along the eastern African coast, throughout Southeast Asia, Japan, Tahiti, and Australia.