Summary ²

The Atlantic tripletail or tripletail (Lobotes surinamensis) is a warm-water marine fish found across the tropics; it can grow to 90 cm long and weigh 18 kg. It is also known by fishermen by names like flasher or steamboat. Young fishes float on their sides, often beside flotsam, and appear like a dry leaf.

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1. (c) WorldFish Center - FishBase, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://d1iraxgbwuhpbw.cloudfront.net/images/species/losur_u1.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobotes_surinamensis

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• Fish Database of Taiwan
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