Megalops cyprinoides Indo-Pacific tarpon

Megalops cyprinoides is commonly referred to as Indo-Pacific tarpon. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

9563 

AphiaID:

212253 

Scientific:

Megalops cyprinoides 

German:

Pazifischer Tarpun 

English:

Indo-Pacific Tarpon 

Category:

Other Fishes 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Elopiformes (Order) > Megalopidae (Family) > Megalops (Genus) > cyprinoides (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Broussonet, ), 1782 

Occurrence:

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Sudan, Djibouti, Kuwait, Eritrea, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Arabian Sea, Arafura Sea, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Island, China, Corea, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South-Africa, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Timor, Tonga, Vanuatu, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 50 Meter 

Size:

up to 17.91" (45.5 cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Insects, Invertebrates, Mysis, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Data deficient (DD) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Megalops atlanticus
  Atlantischer Tarpun
• 
  Megalops cyprinoides
  Pazifischer Tarpun

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2016-03-25 17:22:56 

Last edit:

2020-10-02 07:57:13 

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