Biology:Tripletail

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Tripletail
Lobotes surinamensis.jpg
Atlantic tripletail, (L. surinamensis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Lobotidae

T. N. Gill, 1861
Genus:
Lobotes

G. Cuvier, 1830
Type species
Holocentrus surinamensis
Bloch, 1790
Synonyms
  • Verrugato Jordan, 1923

Lobotes is a genus of perciform fishes known as the tripletails native to subtropical and tropical waters in all oceans. This is the sole genus in the family Lobotidae.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Lobotes pacificus C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Pacific tripletail)
  • Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) (Atlantic tripletail)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lobotes in FishBase. December 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1258113 entry