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Smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Stromateoidei
Family: Tetragonuridae
Genus: Tetragonurus
Risso, 1810
Type species
Tetragonurus cuvieri
Risso, 1810
Species

See text.

Synonyms [1]

Ctenodax Macleay, 1886

The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of scombriform ray-finned fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.

Contents

They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.

Species

The three species are:

Synonyms

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneTetragonurusQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.Plio.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneSquaretail

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References

  1. Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Tetragonurus Risso, 1810". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 September 2024.