Silver king, tarpon, sabalo – name game
No matter the name, silver king, tarpon or sabalo, it’s the name of the game every year as we head into hurricane season.
As we settle what is shaping up to be a successful tarpon season for Anna Maria Island and Tampa Bay waters, it’s a good time to learn more about these fascinating fish.
There are two varieties of tarpon. Megalops atlanticus, the species caught here, and Megalops cyprinoides, an Indo-Pacific species. Megalops atlanticus is known to inhabit waters on the western Atlantic coast, ranging from Virginia to Brazil, throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. On the eastern side of the Atlantic, these fish also are caught around the middle to the southern tip of Africa.
The other variety, Megalops cyprinoides is found along the eastern African coast, throughout southeast
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