Squaretail

Squaretail

Taxobox
name = Squaretails


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Smalleye squaretail, "Tetragonurus cuvieri"
Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Tetragonuridae
genus = "Tetragonurus"
genus_authority = Risso, 1810
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.The squaretails are a genus, "Tetragonurus", of perciform fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.

They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.

pecies

There are 3 species:
* Bigeye squaretail, "Tetragonurus atlanticus" Lowe, 1839.
* Smalleye squaretail, "Tetragonurus cuvieri" Risso, 1810.
* Pacific squaretail, "Tetragonurus pacificus" Abe, 1953.

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