Lobotidae Gill 1861

Angulo, Arturo, Betts, Joel T., González-Alemán, Néstor J., Castañeda, Edgar, Berghe, Eric Van Den, Elías, Diego J., Mcmahan, Caleb D. & Matamoros, Wilfredo A., 2023, Continental fishes of Nicaragua: diversity, distribution and conservation status; with an annotated and illustrated checklist of species and an identification guide to families, Zootaxa 5376 (1), pp. 1-89 : 76

Family Lobotidae Gill 1861 ( Fig. 5E ). Tripletails, Tigerperches; Berrugates, Dormilonas

Description: Body oval to oblong, somewhat compress; up to 110 cm in length; upper jaw slightly protrusible; no teeth on roof of mouth; preopercle strongly serrated; operculum with 2 flat, hidden spines; dorsal fin with 12 spines and 15 or 16 soft rays; anal fin with three spines and eleven rays; caudal fin rounded; lobes of the anal and second dorsal fins rounded, giving fish the appearance of having three tails ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016).

Distribution: Marine, brackish, and freshwater; circumglobal, tropical to subtropical waters ( Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and one species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Families of continental fishes of Nicaragua, part 4; Gerreidae (A), Haemulidae (B), Sciaenidae (C), Lobotidae (D), Ephippidae (E) and Tetraodontidae (F). Illustrations adapted (with permission) from Nelson et al. (2016) and Angulo et al. (2021).