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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?><fishbase> 
<species pointdatarec='51'> 
<speccode>227</speccode> 
<genus link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/GeneraSummary.php?ID=Megalops'>Megalops</genus> 
<speciesfb link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/PiscesSummary.php?ID=227'>cyprinoides</speciesfb> 
<author casrefno='17287' link='https://www.fishbase.org/Eschmeyer/EschmeyerSummary.php?RefNo=17287'>(Broussonet, 1782)</author> 
<family link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=47'>Megalopidae</family> 
<commonname>Tarpons</commonname> 
<subfamily></subfamily> 
<order link='https://www.fishbase.org/summary/ordersSummary.php?order=Elopiformes'>Elopiformes</order> 
<class>Teleostei</class> 
<fbname>Indo-Pacific tarpon</fbname>
<distribution>Indo-Pacific: Persian Gulf (Ref. 68964), Red Sea and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 3969) to the Society Islands, north to southern Korea, south to the Arafura Sea (Ref. 9819) and New South Wales.  Restricted to high islands (Palau, Caroline and Mariana islands) in Micronesia. Reported as far inland as the lower Shire in Malawi and the Save-Runde junction in Zimbabwe (Ref. 7248, 52193). Widespread in the Lower Zambezi River channels up to Marromeu and in the Micelo River up to Malingapanzi (Ref. 39494). South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, and East China Sea(Ref.33302).</distribution> 
<picname src='https://www.fishbase.org/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Mecyp_u8.jpg' link='https://www.fishbase.org/photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=227' alt='Show available picture(s) for Megalops cyprinoides'></picname> 
</species> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>24 N</lat> 
<long>81 W</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>2 S</lat> 
<long>41 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>127 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>26 N</lat> 
<long>128 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>28 N</lat> 
<long>129 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>28 N</lat> 
<long>129 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>10 S</lat> 
<long>142 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>IGFA</catID> 
<lat>28 N</lat> 
<long>129 E</long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2745979</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FB 2743075</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops macrophthalmus</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW O1342</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW O1406-T</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year></year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID></catID> 
<lat>21 S</lat> 
<long>32 E</long> 
<year>1958</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides       </nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 32518</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1964</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 218931</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 218932</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 218940</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 218995</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 219007</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 219021</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 221013</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 37821</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 38389</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48534</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48769</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48786</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48787</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48789</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48790</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48791</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 48820</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 56089</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1969</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW OO186-T</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW OOO15-T</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1979</year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW O1472-T</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1984</year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 98745</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1991</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 98747</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1992</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 97370</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1993</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 98717</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1993</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 214538</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1994</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FISH 387746</catID> 
<lat>19 N</lat> 
<long>85 E</long> 
<year>1995</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>FW O1634</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1995</year> 
<nameused>Megalops  cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
<pointdata> 
<catID>AMNH 220628</catID> 
<lat> </lat> 
<long> </long> 
<year>1996</year> 
<nameused>Megalops cyprinoides</nameused> 
<depth></depth> 
</pointdata> 
</fishbase>