Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea
Familia: Carangidae
Genus: Oligoplites
Species: O. altus – O. calcar – O. palometa – O. refulgens – O. saliens – O. saurus
Name
Oligoplites Gill, 1863
References
Oligoplites – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Oligoplites species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Vernacular names
English: Leatherjackets, Pompanos
Tagalog: Dorado, Talupak
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
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]
Oligoplites altus (Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket)
Oligoplites palometa (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket)
Oligoplites refulgens C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket)
Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket)
Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligoplites". FishBase. February 2013 version.
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