Fleetwood Maritime Museum. In
their collections they have a 5 ft 8 inch long Tarpon.
Tarpon: any of certain marine fish of the family Megalopidae
(order Elopiformes), related to the bonefish and the ladyfish and identified
by the elongated last dorsal fin ray and the bony throat plate between
the sides of the protruding lower jaw. The scales are large, thick, and
silvery.
The Atlantic tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus, alternate name Megalops
atlanticus) is found inshore in warm parts of the Atlantic,
on the Pacific side of Central America, and sometimes in rivers. Also
called silver king, grand écaille, and sabalo real, it
habitually breaks water and gulps air. It regularly grows to 1.8 m
(6 feet) and 45.4 kg (100 pounds) or larger and is a favourite
game fish. The largest recorded catches weigh more than 136 kg. The
Pacific tarpon, M. cyprinoides, is similar.