Squaretail

The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of perciform fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.

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

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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