Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

Scientific name: Lobotes surinamensis Bloch, 1790

Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis)

The Tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Lobotidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines: 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays: 15-16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Adults dark brown or greenish yellow above, silvery grey below; pectorals pale yellow, other fins darker than body; caudal fin with yellow margin. Rounded caudal fin that appear as single 3-lobed fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Lobotes surinamensis
Family
Lobotidae (Tripletails)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
110
Common length
80.0
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; oceanodromous, usually 70 - ? m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans. Western Atlantic: Canada to Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Argentina. Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean Sea; Madeira to the Gulf of Guinea; South Africa. Western Pacific: Japan, Fiji and Tuvalu.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1; tmax=3)

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Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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