Atlantic tripletail: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Atlantic tripletail lives – recorded in 36 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lobotes surinamensis
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	36 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Acanthuriformes
Family	Lobotidae

Where does the Atlantic tripletail live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Atlantic tripletail in 36 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Soure, Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Atlantic tripletail endangered?

The Atlantic tripletail’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Atlantic tripletail?

The Atlantic tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) is a ray-finned fish in the order Acanthuriformes and the family Lobotidae, genus Lobotes. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Atlantic tripletail

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Atlantic tripletail (revision 1360941660), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2168666 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).