Tripletail
Encyclopedia
Tripletails are perciform fishes in the genus Lobotes, the only genus in the family
Lobotidae.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Lobotidae.
Species
- Pacific tripletail, Lobotes pacificus Gilbert, 1898.
- Atlantic tripletailAtlantic tripletailThe Atlantic tripletail or Tripletail is a warm-water marine fish found across the tropics and can grow to 90 cm long and weigh 18 kg. It is also known by fishermen by names like flasher or steamboat...
, Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790).