Oligoplites
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.
| Oligoplites | |
|---|---|
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| Leatherjacket (O. saurus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Scomberoidinae |
| Genus: | Oligoplites T. N. Gill, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Gasterosteus occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Oligoplites in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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