Squaretails | |
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Smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Istiophoriformes |
Suborder: | Stromateoidei |
Family: | Tetragonuridae |
Genus: | Tetragonurus Risso, 1810 |
Type species | |
Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810
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Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Ctenodax Macleay, 1886 |
The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of scombriform ray-finned fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.
They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.