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Leather Jacks
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Leather Jacks

Oligoplites

Oligoplites is a genus of Trachinotidae commonly known as the "leatherjackets." Species of leatherjackets are native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Leather Jack

speciesOligoplites saurus

Longjaw Leather Jack

speciesOligoplites altus

Castin Leather Jack

speciesOligoplites saliens

Shortjaw Leather Jack

speciesOligoplites refulgens

Baja California Leatherjacket

speciesOligoplites inornatus

Maracaibo Leather Jack

speciesOligoplites palometa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 56938.