Oligoplites refulgens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Carangiformes
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Oligoplites
- Species
- Oligoplites refulgens
- Scientific Name
- Oligoplites refulgens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Shortjaw leatherjacket
The shortjaw leatherjacket (Oligoplites refulgens), also known as the slender leatherjacket, is a marine ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which is native to the eastern Pacific, where it is found from Mexico to Ecuador. It is a pelagic species found close to shore, to depths of 30 metres (98 ft), which can withstand water of low salinity and which can enter estuaries temporarily. This species was formally described in 1904 by Charles Henry Gilbert & Edwin Chapin Starks from a type locality of Panama City market.
...Oligoplites refulgens in languages:
- Chinese
- 閃光革鰺
- Czech
- kranas štíhloocasý
- English
- Shortjaw Leatherback
- English
- Shortjaw Leatherjacket
- English
- Shortjaw Leather Jack
- Japanese
- コクチアジ
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