Poole, Karen E.
Tetragonurus
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The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of scombriform ray-finned fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.
Species
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KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderScombriformes
- FamilyTetragonuridae
Habitatmarine
Observations8
Observations recorded3,012,139,120
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Tetragonuridae
- Collections
- UWFC, SIO, CAS, NHMUK, USNM, NMV
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, N/A, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tetragonuridae
- Image
- Tetragonurus cuvieri (smalleye squaretail).gif
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- taxon name
- Tetragonurus
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- Tetragonurus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tetragonurus
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tetragonurus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.