Atlantic tripletail
Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis), also known as the black grunt, black perch, buoy fish, buoyfish, brown triple tail, brown tripletail, conchy leaf, dusky triple-tail, dusky tripletail, flasher, sleepfish, triple tail, triple-tail, tripletail, or tripple tail, is a species of marine, ray-finned fish belonging to the family Lobotidae.
This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world except for the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where its sister species, the Pacific tripletail (L. pacifica) is found.
Wikipedia contributors, Atlantic tripletail; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:40:33.339940+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
- Name authority
- (Bloch, 1790)
- Common name
- Atlantic tripletail
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Lobotidae
- Genus
- Lobotes
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAcanthuriformes
- familyLobotidae Gill, 1861
- genusLobotes Cuvier, 1829
- speciesLobotes surinamensis (Bloch, 1790)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lobotes. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific tripletailLobotes pacifica Gilbert, 1898 | LobotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Lobotes auctorum Günther, 1859 Günther, 1859 | synonym |
| Lobotes incurvus Richardson, 1846 Richardson, 1846 | synonym |
| Lobotus surinamensis (Bloch, 1790) (Bloch, 1790) | synonym |
| Bodianus triourus Mitchill, 1815 Mitchill, 1815 | synonym |
| Holocentrus surinamensis Bloch, 1790 Bloch, 1790 | synonym |
| Lobotes citrinus Richardson, 1846 Richardson, 1846 | synonym |
| Lobotes erate Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
| Lobotes farkharii Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
| Lobotes somnolentus Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126973 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3VTVW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.