''Oligoplites'' is a

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of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic,

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and

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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Oligoplites altus ''Oligoplites'' is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Oligoplit ...

'' ( Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket) * ''

Oligoplites palometa ''Oligoplites'' is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Oligoplit ...

'' (

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, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket) * ''

Oligoplites refulgens The shortjaw leatherjacket (''Oligoplites refulgens''), also known as the slender leatherjacket, is a marine ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which is native to the eastern Pacific, where it is found from Mexico to Ecuador. It is a pela ...

'' C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket) * ''

Oligoplites saliens ''Oligoplites'' is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Species The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Oligopli ...

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, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket) * ''

Oligoplites saurus The leatherjacket fish or leather jack, ''Oligoplites saurus'', is a species of jack in the family Carangidae. Leather jack may also refer to other members of the Carangidae, such as the pilot fish. The largest are about a foot long. Distribut ...

'' (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)

References

Scomberoidinae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Ray-finned fish-stub