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Species Name:    Oligoplites saurus
Common Name:           (Leatherjacket)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Carangidae Oligoplites


The leatherjacket, Oligoplites saurus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Oligoplites saurus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
Common Name:
Leatherjacket