Shortjaw leatherjacket

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Shortjaw leatherjacket
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Suborder: Carangoidei
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Oligoplites
Species:
O. refulgens
Binomial name
Oligoplites refulgens
Gilbert & Starks, 1904

The shortjaw leatherjacket (Oligoplites refulgens), also known as the slender leatherjacket, is a marine ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which is native to the eastern Pacific, where it is found from Mexico to Ecuador. [2] It is a pelagic species found close to shore, to depths of 30 metres (98 ft), which can withstand water of low salinity and which can enter estuaries temporarily. [1] This species was formally described in 1904 by Charles Henry Gilbert & Edwin Chapin Starks from a type locality of Panama City market. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H. (2010). "Oligoplites refulgens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T183429A8112106. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183429A8112106.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oligoplites refulgens". FishBase . May 2017 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oligoplites refulgens". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 19 November 2019.


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