Meaning of Atlantic tarpon | Babel Free

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A ray-finned fish, of species Megalops atlanticus, that inhabits coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons and rivers about the Atlantic Ocean, typically in tropical and subtropical regions.

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“1996, Marty Snyderman, Clay Wiseman, Guide⟳ to Marine Life: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Aqua Quest Publications, page 161, Atlantic tarpon are among the most dramatic and unusual of all Caribbean fishes.”

“It may look⟳ nothing like⟳ an eel, but the Atlantic tarpon is related to these ancient snakelike fish⟳.”

“It seems that any Atlantic tarpons found there could only be stragglers from Brazil.”

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