Squaretail

This article is about the genus of scombriforms. For the trout, see Brook trout.

Squaretails
Smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Suborder: Stromateoidei
Family:
Genus:
Risso, 1810
Type species
Tetragonurus cuvieri
Risso, 1810
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]

Ctenodax Macleay, 1886

The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of scombriform ray-finned fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.

They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.

Species

The three species are:

Synonyms

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneTetragonurusQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

  1. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Tetragonurus Risso, 1810". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 1 September 2024.


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