Squaretails
Smalleye squaretail, Tetragonurus cuvieri

Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling

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

See text.

Synonyms

Ctenodax Macleay, 1886

The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of perciform 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:

Timeline

QuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleoceneQuaternaryNeogenePaleogeneHolocenePleist.MioceneOligoceneEocenePaleocene

References

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