there is talk about the atlantic may actually have 2 sub species or strains. the one up by florida and there seems to be another that gets thicker and bigger down by french guiana. there they find a smaller skinnier bodied fish(florida strain) that gets long but not as heavy as the other style of tarpon. at the same size they see both the skinnier body and the thick body. one may be a subspecies. it could just be were the fish spawned and grew up, like north and south of french guiana and then when they congregate there you see the different class fish from the richer southern waters. not much research is being done on it now, but hopefully they will do some.
Indo Tarpon
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there is talk about the atlantic may actually have 2 sub species or strains. the one up by florida and there seems to be another that gets thicker and bigger down by french guiana. there they find a smaller skinnier bodied fish(florida strain) that gets long but not as heavy as the other style of tarpon. at the same size they see both the skinnier body and the thick body. one may be a subspecies. it could just be were the fish spawned and grew up, like north and south of french guiana and then when they congregate there you see the different class fish from the richer southern waters. not much research is being done on it now, but hopefully they will do some.
That is very interesting. Im going to keep this in mind...
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To be fair, I've yet to see an Indo-Pacific Tarpon larger than 2 feet. Most of the Tarpon I've seen at that size have been Atlantics.
Longest wild one I have caught 72 cm fl. Had some in a 5 ha lake grew from 20 to 70 cm in 12 years.
i had a 14" in a freshwater tank until it suddenly died for no reason. i recommend this fish especially if you plan on getting more than one. make sure you have a wide tank tho cuz they bang their lower jaw on the glass while feeding and shoaling.
