Tarpon
Megalops atlanticus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Elopiformes
- Family
- Megalopidae
- Genus
- Megalops
Where to Find
Found in 28 diving areas across 17 countries and 4 regions.
- Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 98 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 2 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 2 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 14 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 22 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 5 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 10 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 21 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 9 records
- Roatán, Honduras - 2 records
- Utila, Honduras - 18 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Springs, United States - 9 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 1 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 56092 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 1 records