The video link below depicts a school of large mature tarpon cruising under a Florida Keys bridge May 2009 as they move northward along their seasonal migration route. The Bonefish & Tarpon Conservation and Research Center of the University of Miami is conducting satellite PAT tagging research on the tarpon to study its migration patterns. For more information and to support the research, please go to http://www.bonefishresearch.com/
Link to video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaUBVyWBbzA
Wonder if this is what the tarpon look like under the Sunshine Skyway that spans Tampa Bay?
Also of Interest- Taxonomy- Tarpon
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Domain: Eukaryota- Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia- Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia- Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata- Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes- Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Osteichthyes- Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii- Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Elopomorpha - Greenwood Et Al., 1966
Order: Elopiformes- Greenwood Et Al., 1966 - Tarpons and Tenpounders
Family: Megalopidae- Tarpons
Genus: Megalops
Specific name: atlanticus - Valenciennes, 1847
Scientific Name: Megalops atlanticus- Valenciennes, 1847 This link will take you to Fishbase and detailed scientific information for this species.
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