Tarpon

It is a kind of marine fish in the family Tarponidae and the genus Tarpon.

The body is elongated and flattened on the sides, and the body is slightly taller. The eye diameter is longer than the muzzle. The mouth is slightly upward; the lower jaw is more prominent, and the upper jaw is extended backward, close to the back edge of the eye. With throat plate. The body is covered with large and thin round scales, and the abdomen has no ridged scales; the lateral line runs straight, and the number of lateral line scales is 36-40. The dorsal fin is in the center of the body integument, and the last fin ray is extended into a filament; the starting point of the pelvic fin is below the starting point of the dorsal fin; the front half of the anal fin is longer than the rear half of the fin. The back of the body is blue-grey, the belly is silver-white, the tip of the snout is blue-gray, and each fin is light yellow.

The tongue is round and free. The gill openings are large. No false gills. Gill rakers are longer.

Tarpon is a warm-water offshore pelagic fish. Inhabits tropical and subtropical sea areas. The swimming bladder can be used as an auxiliary respiratory organ. Sometimes it enters the fresh water of estuaries and can often be found in the lower reaches of rivers and estuaries. It has strong adaptability to the environment and feeds on small shrimps and small fish.

The adults breed in the ocean, while the young migrate to coastal waters as they metamorphose.

Distributed from Fuzhou, Fujian Province in the north to Lingshui, Hainan Province in the south,

order

order Tarpon order

family

Tarponidae

Genus

Tarpon

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