Atlantic Tarpon Megalops atlanticus

The Atlantic Tarpon is one of two similar-looking Tarpons, the other being the Pacific. It is native to coastal marine waters, estuaries and freshwater rivers and lakes (migrating between them) of the Atlantic Ocean. They spawn at sea.

Silvery fish with a greenish wash on top and an upturned mouth, Atlantic Tarpons can reach over 2 metres (8feet) long, twice the length of Pacific Tarpons. Tarpons are the only species in their genus, among the oldest species of extant fish, and both species are unusual in needing to supplement their oxygen intake by breathing air (using their modified swim bladder).