Oligoplites
| Oligoplites | |
|---|---|
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| Leatherjacket (O. saurus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Trachinotidae |
| Subfamily: | Scomberoidinae |
| Genus: | Oligoplites T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Scomber saurus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Leptoligoplites Fowler, 1944 | |
Oligoplites is a genus of Trachinotidae commonly known as the "leatherjackets." Species of leatherjackets are native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Oligoplites altus (Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket)
- Oligoplites palometa (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket)
- Oligoplites refulgens C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket)
- Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket)
- Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligoplites". FishBase. February 2013 version.