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Tripletail

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Scientific name
  
Lobotes

Higher classification
  
Lobotidae

Order
  
Perciformes

Tripletail Atlantic Tripletail or Blackfish Mississippi saltwater fish

Family
  
Lobotidae T. N. Gill, 1861

Similar
  
Atlantic tripletail, Perciformes, Priacanthidae, Sea chub, Grunts

Tripletail lobotes surinamensis thinks about eating the camera


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.

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Number 2 lobotes surinamensis tripletail fish back in the sea after 8 months in my aquarium


Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

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


  • Tripletail Atlantic Tripletail or Blackfish Mississippi saltwater fish

    Tripletail wwwdiscoverlifeorgIMIRR0010320LobotesIRR

    Tripletail Atlantic Tripletail or Blackfish Mississippi saltwater fish

    Tripletail Catching TRIPLETAIL under sargassum seaweed in Cape Canaveral

    References

    Tripletail Wikipedia


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