Tarpon Fish Mount 30
Price: $104.00
This Tarpon fish mount is hand-made from Albizia Furcata wood. It is hand-painted using an air brush with a nitrocellulose lacquer top coat for a "wet-look" finish. This fish sculpture was carefully carved to create a fish replica. It is a half mount with a flat back with two holes for hanging on a wall. It is a beautiful hand-crafted piece of fish art that will surely get noticed by everyone who sees it.
| Length: | 30" (75 cm) |
| Height: | 19" (48 cm) |
| Thickness: | 2.5" (5 cm) |
| Weight: | 5 lb (2.3 kg) |
| Material: | Albasia Furcata Wood |
FISH FACTS
| Family: | Megalopidae |
| Genus: | Megalops |
| Species: | atlanticus |
| Scientific Name: | Megalops atlanticus |
| Length: | To 8' (2.4 m) |
| Weight: | To 355 lb (161 kg) |
| Habitat: | Inshore waters; common around mangrove areas; enters brackish estuaries and marshes, sometimes into fresh water. |
| Range: | North Carolina to Brazil, occasionally farther north. Throughout Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. |
| Comments: | The Tarpon, formerly called Tarpon Atlanticus, is a popular game fish famous for its spectacular jumps. Its bony jaws make it hard to hook and a challenge for make it hard to hook and a challenge for skilled fisherman. Although it is not esteemed as a food fish, it is eaten in some areas. The swim bladder of the Tarpon is modified so that it can breathe air and thus survive in water with very little oxygen, such as some marshes and estuaries. Although no other fish in our area can be confused with the Tarpon, a smaller species, Megalops Cyprinoides, is widespread in the Indo-Pacific region. |
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