Indo Pacific Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) Oddball Highly intelligent and social—recognize their

Highly intelligent and social—recognize their owners

Due to its size

Despite this large fish being easy to care for

holed up in burrows in the dried mud

Indo Pacific Tarpon (Megalops cyprinoides) Oddball Highly intelligent and social—recognize theirThe Indo Pacific Tarpon is a widely distributed predator found throughout the coastal regions of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Although they can tolerate full marine conditions, they are more often found in fresh or brackish water habitats close to the coast. Juvenile fish are a uniform silver, but develop a distinctive red and black trim on the tail as they grow. As an open water swimmer and predator growing to a massive adult size, the Indo Pacific