Atlantic Tripletail
Lobotes surinamensis
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 591
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis), also known as the black grunt, black perch, buoy fish, buoyfish, brown triple tail, brown tripletail, conchy leaf, dusky triple-tail, dusky tripletail, flasher, sleepfish, triple tail, triple-tail, tripletail, or tripple tail, is a species of marine, ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae. This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world except for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where its sister species, the Pacific tripletail (L. pacifica) is found.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Atlantic tripletail”.