Lobotes
Appearance
Tripletail | |
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Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Spariformes |
Family: | Lobotidae T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Genus: | Lobotes G. Cuvier, 1830 |
Type species | |
Holocentrus surinamensis Bloch, 1790
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Lobotes is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Lobotidae known as the tripletails. These fishes are found in subtropical and tropical waters in all oceans.[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
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lobotes in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Lobotidae" in FishBase. December 2013 version.