Atlantic Tarpon

Illustrated: Adult ocean phase; elongated powerful tarpon, dark blue-grey back, large silver scales on flanks, upturned projecting lower jaw, deeply forked tail, single short dorsal fin with one long trailing filament.

Megalops atlanticus

All languages

English: Atlantic Tarpon
Norwegian: tarpon
Japanese: ターポン — たーぽん — tāpon
Korean: 대서양 타폰 — daeseoyang tapon
Spanish: Sábalo
French: Tarpon
German: Atlantischer Tarpun

Beta edition. Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

iNaturalist — draft common-name source
Natural-history identification source