For the fish family known as leatherjackets, see filefish.
Leatherjacket fish
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Carangiformes
Family:
Carangidae
Genus:
Oligoplites
Species:
O. saurus
Binomial name
Oligoplites saurus
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
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]
^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.
^Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Oligoplites saurus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
^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.
^"Oligoplites saurus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
^"Home". Gulf Of Maine Research Institute. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
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