BrackishSaltwater
Tripletail
Lobotes surinamensis
Lobotidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 110 cm
- Body shape
- Deep-bodied
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 27,981 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
- Temperament
- Missing
- Swims
- Missing
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Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, and 134 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Adult inhabits bays, muddy estuaries and lower reaches of large rivers. A sluggish offshore fish that often floats on its side near the surface in the company of floating objects. Occasionally drifts over reefs. Juvenile may occur in floating Sargassum and mimic a floating leaf. Feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish. Marketed fresh, frozen, or salted.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Bodianus triourus
- Holocentrus surinamensis
- Labotes pacificus
- Lobotes auctorum
- Lobotes citrinus
- Lobotes erate
In other languages
- Sort trehale
- Kolmipyrstö
- Atlantic tripletail, Black grunt, Black perch, Bouy fish, Bouyfish, Brown triple tail, Brown tripletail, Conchy leaf, Dusky perch, Dusky triple-tail, Dusky tripletail, Flasher, Jumping cod, Sleepfish, Triple tail, Triple-tail, Tripple tail
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.