Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus
The "silver king", a huge armored fish famous for its acrobatic jumps; usually released.
- Family: Megalopidae
- Rarity: Epic
- Average length: 150 cm
- Max length: 250 cm
- Max weight: 161 kg
- Habitat: estuary
- Regions: atlantic-west, caribbean, gulf-of-mexico, atlantic-east
- Edible: not recommended
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Tarpon can gulp air from the surface, so they survive in low-oxygen water.
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