Species: Oligoplites saliens, Castin leatherjack
lower gill rakers 17-20
Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793)
Castin leatherjack
Elongate, very compressed; upper head profile straight, lower profile convex; lower jaw expanded, with strongly convex profile; mouth extends past eye; upper jaw with a single row of small teeth; lower jaw of adults with 2 rows of conical teeth; lower gill rakers (excluding rudiments) 17-20; dorsal rays IV free spines (rarely V)+I, 20-21; anal rays II+I, 19-20; posterior 11-15 dorsal and anal soft rays forming semi-detached finlets; pectoral short (< head length); tail base slender; tail strongly forked; lateral line slightly arched over pectoral fin, but mainly straight; scales needle shaped, partly buried; no scutes on lateral line.
Blue green above, dark along top of body; sides silvery, suffused with orange or golden olive blotches below; front lobe of 2nd dorsal dark; tail fin with dark base, rest of fin amber
Size: grows to 50 cm.
Pelagic; inshore over soft bottoms; marine and estuarine.
Depth: 0-18 m.
Honduras to Brazil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Brackish
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Bottom
- Bottom + water column
- Surface
- Near Surface
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Sand & gravel
- Beach
- Water column
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Bentho-Pelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Planktivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Bony fishes
- Zooplankton
- Data
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Also in Brazil
- Extends South of GC
- All species
- Continent only
- Continent
- GC non-endemic
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 50
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 18
