Oligoplites

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Oligoplites
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Leatherjacket (O. saurus)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Genus: Oligoplites
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Scomber saurus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Synonyms

Leptoligoplites Fowler, 1944

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.

Species

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

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligoplites". FishBase . February 2013 version.