Their close resemblance to " Teuthowenia megalops " led them to be continually misidentified as belonging to " Teuthowenia megalops ".
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The main predators of " Megalops " during stage one and early stage-two development are other fish, depending on their size.
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The predators of " S . marina " include larger piscivorous fish such as the Atlantic tarpon ( " Megalops atlanticus " ).
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However closer examinations reveal that the arrangement of photophores on the eyes is different, making it certain that they are not " Teuthowenia megalops ".
15.
A small number of ray-finned fish have developed mechanisms for breathing air using their swim bladder, for example the tarpons, " Megalops " spp.
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He synonymized the two under the name " Desmoteuthis megalops ", unfortunately retaining Verrill's genus despite it being in synonymy with " Taonius ".
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"' Tarpons "'are large fish of the genus " Megalops "; one species is native to the Atlantic, and the other to the Indo-Pacific Seas.
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The second was that he did not realize that the distinctive end-organs on his specimen for " Desmoteuthis thori " was actually a characteristic of " Teuthowenia megalops " found only in maturing and adult females.
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In " Megalops ", this unpaired air-holding structure arises dorsally from the posterior pharynx . " Megalops " uses the swim bladder as a respiratory organ and the respiratory surface is coated with blood capillaries with a thin epithelium over the top.
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In " Megalops ", this unpaired air-holding structure arises dorsally from the posterior pharynx . " Megalops " uses the swim bladder as a respiratory organ and the respiratory surface is coated with blood capillaries with a thin epithelium over the top.
