Belize Biodiversity Information System

   Wildlife Conservation Society

   Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre

   01/19/98



  NAME -                 Tarpon

  FAMILY -               Megalopidae
  SCIENTIFIC NAME -      Megalops atlanticus

  REFERENCES - 01

  

                                                              
  

  District                                                     Reference

  Belize                                                               1
  Orange Walk                                                          2
  

  Administrative Unit                  Occurrence          Temporal    Reference

  Whitewater Lagoon (Proposed)          Sighting             Dry season       2
  

  Hydrologic Association         Reference

  Coastal                              1
  Labouring Creek                      1
  

  Elevation        Reference

  1-200 m               1
  

  1:50,000 Quadrangle                   Reference

  17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15'           1
  17 15' to 17 30'; 88 30' to 88 45'           2
  17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00'           1
  

  Holdridge Life Zone                   Reference

  Subtropical moist                            2
  Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical     1
  

  General Distribution Comments

  1* Taken from the mangrove channels near St. John's College at Belize City.
  2* 1 or 2 sighted near outlet of lagoon

  References

  1   Greenfield, D. W., J. E. Thomerson. 1997. Fishes of the Continental
      Waters of Belize.  University of Florida Press.
  
  2  de Rahm, Patrick. 1990.  Summary Report of the Freshwater Fishes and
     Aquatic Ecosystems Observed in Belize.  ITCF unpublished report.