Oligoplites saurus

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Overview

Family : Jacks and pompanos ; Found inshore , usually along sandy beaches, in bays and inlets [1]. Enters estuaries and fresh water [1]. Prefers turbid water[1]. Occurs in schools, usually large and fast moving, often leaping out of the water[1]. Juveniles may float at the surface with tail bent and head down . Feeds on fishes and crustaceans[1]. Its dorsal and anal spines are connected to venomous glands that can inflict painful wounds[1]. Juveniles have incisor-like outer teeth and serve as cleaners for other fish; as fish grow, their teeth become conical and their diet changes[2]. Marketed fresh and salted or dried but the flesh is not highly esteemed[1].

Common Names

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Description

Family Carangidae

Chiefly marine ; rarely brackish . Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Body generally compressed , although body shape extremely variable from very deep to fusiform . Most species with only small cycloid scales . Scales along lateral line often modified into spiny scutes . Detached finlets , as many as nine, sometimes found behind dorsal and anal fins. Large juveniles and adults with 2 dorsal fins. Anterior dorsal fin with 3-9 spines; the second having 1 spine and usually 18-37 soft rays . Anal spines usually 3, the first 2 separate from the rest; soft rays usually 15-31. Widely forked caudal fin . Caudal peduncle slender. Pelvic fins lacking in Parona signata. Vertebrae 24-27 (modally 24). Fast swimming predators of the waters above the reef and in the open sea . Some root in sand for invertebrates and fishes . One of the most important families of tropical marine fishes; fished commercially and for recreation.The family Carangidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 33 genera and 140 species. It may be found in Marine and Brackish environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be active . Members of this family have been dated back to the lower Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : French, carangue = name of fish given in Caribe.1836

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,350 meters (0 to 10,991 feet).[3]

Biome: Brackish water, saltwater . Reef-associated .

Biology

Sound types : thumps & knocks. Sound organ: swim bladder. Sonic mechanism: not specified.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Oligoplites inornatus Gill, 1863
2. Oligoplites saurus inornatus Gill, 1863
3. Scomber saurus Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Oligoplites

There are approximately 15 species in this genus:

O. altatus · O. altur · O. altus (Bigmouth Leatherjacket) · O. borealis · O. calcar · O. inornatus · O. interruptus · O. mundus · O. palometa (Maracaibo Leatherjacket) · O. rathbuni · O. refulgens (Shortjaw Leatherjacket) · O. rubellis · O. saliens (Castin Leatherjacket) · O. saurus (Leather Jacket) · O. saurus inornatus

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Further Reading

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• Algo sobre peces de Cuba: con cierta extension a los de Puerto Rico y los Estados Unidos / por Juan Vilar� Diaz. Habana: Impr. de A. Alvarez y C�a., 1893. SPA url p. 124.
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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 9, 2006.
• FishBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 04, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 10 providers.
• Smith-Vaniz, William F. (from FishBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 04, 2008:

• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NOAA HML Tidal Creek Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NODC WOD01 Plankton Database
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3857958
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23673
• Fishbase Species ID: 1001
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13742098
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 168673
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFCQZ01010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118477

Footnotes

1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (1995). Carangidae. Jureles, p�mpanos, cojin�as, zapateros, cocineros, casabes, macarelas, chicharros, jorobados, medregales, pez pilota. p. 940-986. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) [back]
2. Smith, C.L. (1997). National Audubon Society field guide to tropical marine fishes of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. 720 p. [back]
3. Mean = 72.380 meters (237.467 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,553.890 based on 50 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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