Oligoplites Palometa
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''Oligoplites'' is a genus of Carangidae, 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: * ''Oligoplites altus'' (Albert Günther, Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket) * ''Oligoplites palometa'' (Georges Cuvier, G. Cuvier, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket) * ''Oligoplites refulgens'' Charles Henry Gilbert, C. H. Gilbert & Edwin Chapin Starks, Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket) * ''Oligoplites saliens'' (Marcus Elieser Bloch, Bloch, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket) * ''Oligoplites saurus'' (Bloch & Johann Gottlob Schneider, J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)


References

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