ACE ( facts on philippine aquatic life ) 1

[dingo spike]

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This is a picture of our very own Indo Pacific Tarpon, this is commonly sold at magallanes/manalili sidewalk. In the aquarium trade of cebu, this fish is considered economicaly worthless, but in the UK, some hobbiest are quite interested in this particular species and it is priced at 25 pounds each. Some UK conservationists aren't very happy about the imports since they do not want any incident of careless introduction of the species to the wild, since the fish can grow to a very large size. Introductions would have a great impact to their local biodiversity.


COMMON NAME:
Indo Pacific Tarpon

MAGALLANES/ MANALILI NAME:
Silver skin, Silver scale and Silver shark

LOCAL NAMES:
Buan buan, Abulong, Buan-buan, Bulan-bulan, Bulgan, Buobuan,Buyan-buyan, Hutik, Mulan-bulan, Salongsong, Silag and Tewal

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Megalops cyprinoides

ORIGIN:
Found in marine, brackish and freshwater from the Red Sea to Africa,The PHILIPPINES, India, Madagascar, Taiwan, Japan and Australia. Juveniles of this species are found quite far inland in freshwater (including the Shire River, a tributary to Lake Malawi) but the species is said to breed at sea.
Size: Ridiculously large at up to 150cm/60" and around 18kg. Tarpons are popular big game fish in the tropics.

DIET:
Primarily a piscivore - hence the enormous mouth. Stomach analyses have shown that they also consume crustaceans, such as shrimps, and terrestrial insects. They're not particularly fussy feeders in the aquarium.

NOTES:
Tarpon are members of the Megalopidae family and are in the Elopiformes order. Since they're often found in swampy areas, these fish have evolved an auxilliary air breathing organ and may gulp air from the surface. They can also tolerate very high salinities.

IDENTIFICATION:
There are only two species of Megalops: cyprinoides and atlanticus. M. cyprinoides has 16-21 branched dorsal rays, 23-31 branched anal rays and nine or more pelvic rays. M. atlanticus has 22-25 branched anal rays, 13-16 branched dorsal rays and 37-42 scales in the lateral line series.

This a picture of the Atlantic Tarpon that was caught in Islamorada, florida.

[zerk]

dakoa ani gud.. dili makaon

[TISOYY]

@dingo
that is a nice fish, where can i buy that big fish.
Kasya kaya yan sa 4 feet aquarium ko? Tamang tama siguro
yan, planted aquarium ko.

[exmadyn]

nagbreed ka ani, bai?...


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[esoteric]

@dingo
that is a nice fish, where can i buy that big fish.
Kasya kaya yan sa 4 feet aquarium ko? Tamang tama siguro
yan, planted aquarium ko.

pare madami dun sa magallanes they sell it at a cheap price,one plastic containing little ones are sold for 10 pesos,they are sold for feeder fish

[markykoi]

naka buhi ko ani ug akong sister ani sa una.. silver siya tanan and mu dako.
mao guro nga dili kaayo tagdon nato kay silver ra siya...but this is definitely a very interesting fish. salamat sa inputs sir.

[alainphillip]

@dingo
nice info bro.... ato local aquaic fauna kay dili nato tagdn pero sa gawas they command a price... was thinking pila lang kaha ang ottos dito sa brazil sa... heheheh... bcg ifeeder rapud nila... usik.... hehehhe

[Generals]

silver shark, i had one before around 12" long then namatay kai pag clean sa pond by a new maid.... gigamitan ug muriatic.... hehehe
backswim ang silver hehehe

[dingo spike]

dakoa ani gud.. dili makaon

Makaon man cguro but maybe its a bony fish thats why its not very well known to be served at the table...

[dingo spike]

@dingo
that is a nice fish, where can i buy that big fish.
Kasya kaya yan sa 4 feet aquarium ko? Tamang tama siguro
yan, planted aquarium ko.

You can buy the Indo pacific tarpon in the upper picture at manalili/magallanes its not expensive, a well known aquarium fish vendor named Benchio sells them as feeder fish, its p10 per plastic and 3 plastic at p25 the plastic contains juveniles.

The lower picture is the Atlantic tarpon, we do not have that species in the philippines, that picture was taken in florida....