Oligoplites | |
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Leatherjacket (O. saurus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Suborder: | Carangoidei |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | Scomberoidinae |
Genus: | Oligoplites T. N. Gill, 1863 |
Type species | |
Scomber saurus | |
Synonyms | |
Leptoligoplites Fowler, 1944 |
Oligoplites is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.