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Oligoplites

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Oligoplites
Leatherjacket (O. saurus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Genus: Oligoplites
T. N. Gill, 1863
Type species
Gasterosteus occidentalis
Linnaeus, 1758

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

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

References

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