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Carangidae
leatherjack
Oligoplites saurus
Carangid Fish beneath Western Atlantic
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- Pacific Ocean
- Central America and the Caribbean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
MediumThe leatherjacket fish (Oligoplites saurus), also known as leather jack, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Trachinotidae. Leather jack may also refer to other members of Carangiformes, such as the pilot fish. The largest are about a foot long.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Oligoplites
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Maine, USA and northern Gulf of Mexico to Uruguay; throughout most of the West Indies (Ref. 3277 ). Absent from the Bahamas (Ref. 26938 ). Eastern Pacific: Baja California, Mexico to Ecuador (Ref. 9283 ). Two subspecies exists (Ref. 3277 ): Oligoplites saurus saurus (western Atlantic population) and Oligoplites saurus inornatus (eastern Pacific population).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
