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Atlantic Tripletail
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Atlantic Tripletail

Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishAtlantic Tripletail
Dutch—
SpanishDormilona del Atlántico
Chinese松鲷
Scientific nameLobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyLobotidae
GenusLobotes

In Suriname

7Records in Suriname
1968First record
2016Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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