Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, 1847 .

Tarpon, Atlantic Tarpon; Sábalo, Sábalo Real, Tarpón, Tarpón del Atlántico.

Distribution: Global: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans; from southern Nova Scotia, Canada, to southern Brazil in the western Atlantic, from southern France to Angola in the eastern Atlantic and from southern Guatemala to southern Colombia in the Eastern Pacific; entering estuaries and littoral lagoons and ascending river courses; Costa Rica: LN, RF, SJ, SC, Sa, To (Atlantic), Te, Be and Tr (Pacific), 0– 45 m.a.s.l., Per, Dia.

Occurrence and conservation status: Nat, VU.

References: Bussing (1966: 236; listed, information on distribution), Bussing (1987: 62; 1998: 61; brief description, including illustrations and an identification key, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Angulo et al. (2013: 989; listed, including taxonomic information and distributional data), Robertson & Allen (2015: 2522; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology), Robertson & Van Tassell (2019: 2522; detailed description, including illustrations, information on distribution, with a map, and ecology) and Castellanos-Galindo et al. (2019: 401; information on distribution, with a map, and ecology).