a large tropical marine fish of herring-like appearance 大海鲢
Two species in the family Megalopidae: Tarpon atlanticus, a prized Atlantic game fish, and Megalops cyprinoides of the Indo-Pacific 大海鲢科中的2种:高质的可食性鱼类大西洋大海鲢,和印度洋太平洋地区的太平洋大海鲢
语源
late 17th cent.: probably from Dutch tarpoen, perhaps from a Central American language