Atlantic tripletail

Atlantic tripletail
Adult
juvenile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Lobotidae
Genus: Lobotes
Species:
L. surinamensis
Binomial name
Lobotes surinamensis
(Bloch, 1790)
Synonyms[2]
  • Holocentrus surinamensis Bloch, 1790
  • Bodianus triourus Mitchill, 1815
  • Lobotes somnolentus Cuvier, 1830
  • Lobotes erate Cuvier, 1830
  • Lobotes farkharii Cuvier, 1830
  • Lobotes incurvus Richardson, 1846
  • Lobotes citrinus Richardson, 1846
  • Lobotes auctorum Günther, 1859
Lobotes surinamensis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tel Aviv, Israel

The Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis), also known as the black grunt, black perch, buoy fish, buoyfish, brown triple tail, brown tripletail, conchy leaf, dusky triple-tail, dusky tripletail, flasher, sleepfish, triple tail, triple-tail, tripletail, or tripple tail is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae. This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world except for the eastern Pacific Ocean.

  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E. & Robertson, R. (2015). "Lobotes surinamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198670A16644032. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198670A16644032.en. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lobotes surinamensis". FishBase. June 2023 version.