Leatherjacket fish

Leatherjacket fish
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
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
For the fish family known as leatherjackets, see filefish.

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

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