Oligoplites

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Oligoplites
Oligoplites saurus.jpeg
Leatherjacket (O. saurus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Genus: Oligoplites
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Gasterosteus occidentalis
Linnaeus, 1758

Oligoplites is a genus of carangid leatherjackets 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]

  • (Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket)
  • (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket)
  • Oligoplites refulgens C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket)
  • (Bloch, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket)
  • Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)

References[]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Oligoplites in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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