Leatherjacket fish

For the fish family known as leatherjackets, see filefish.

Leatherjacket fish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Genus: Oligoplites
Species:
O. saurus
Binomial name
Oligoplites saurus
Synonyms[2][3]
List
  • Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Oligoplites inornatus Gill, 1863
  • Chorinemus occidentalis Günther, 1860
  • Centronotus argenteus Lacépède, 1801
  • Chorinemus lanceolatus Girard, 1858
  • Chorinemus quiebra Cuvier, 1832
  • Lichia quiebra (Cuvier, 1832)
  • Oligoplites rathbuni Miranda Ribeiro, 1915
  • Chorinemus saltans Cuvier, 1832

The leatherjacket fish (Oligoplites saurus), also known as leather jack, is a species of jack in the family Carangidae.[4] Leather jack may also refer to other members of the Carangidae, such as the pilot fish. The largest are about a foot long.[5]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.T.; Pina Amargos, F.; Curtis, M.; Brown, J.; Vega-Cendejas, M. (2019). "Oligoplites saurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T183364A86338645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T183364A86338645.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oligoplites saurus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oligoplites". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Oligoplites saurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
  5. ^ "Home". Gulf Of Maine Research Institute. Retrieved 2021-05-23.