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Carangidae
Maracaibo leatherjacket
Oligoplites palometa
Dorsal and anal spines armed with venom glands
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
MediumMaracaibo leatherjacket is known around Western Atlantic as a fish; Records give a maximum length of 49.7 cm, and its body is fusiform body.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Oligoplites
- Maximum length
- 49.7 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Lake Izabal, Guatemala eastward to Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
