Squaretail
Squaretails | |
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Smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scombriformes |
Suborder: | Stromateoidei |
Family: | Tetragonuridae |
Genus: | Tetragonurus Risso, 1810 |
Type species | |
Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 | |
Species | |
See text. | |
Synonyms | |
Ctenodax Macleay, 1886 |
The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of perciform fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.
They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.
Species
[edit]The three species are:
- Bigeye squaretail, T. atlanticus Lowe, 1839
- Smalleye squaretail, T. cuvieri Risso, 1810
- Pacific squaretail, T. pacificus Abe, 1953
Timeline
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References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Tetragonuridae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Tetragonurus in FishBase. February 2006 version.