Tripletail

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Tripletails
Atlantic tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Lobotidae Genus: Lobotes Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
Species
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Tripletails are perciform fishes in the genus Lobotes, the only genus in the family Lobotidae.

[edit] Species

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

[edit] References

• "Lobotidae". FishBase. Ed. Rainer Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.