Tarpon

Coastal Habitats

Animals of the Nearshore Waters 

 

Tarpon

Megalops atlanticus

 

Tarpon look as unusual as they act, with extra large scales covering their silver bodies and a big, underslung jaw. Young tarpon often go in to the brackish water of small marsh channels, while adults may swim far up the larger rivers of South Texas, perhaps in search of food.

Animals of the Nearshore Waters

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