Family : Lobotidae (Tripletails)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Atlantic tripletail
Fish Name : Lobotes surinamensis
Max size : 110 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7251); max. published weight: 19.2 kg (Ref. 40637)
Environment : benthopelagic; oceanodromous
Climate : subtropical; 45°N - 42°S
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1; tmax=3)Distribution : Tropical and subtropical waters of all oceans. Western Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951) to Massachusetts, USA and Bermuda to Argentina (Ref. 7251). Eastern Atlantic: Mediterranean Sea (Ref. 231); Madeira to the Gulf of Guinea (Ref. 6947); South Africa. Western Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559), Fiji and Tuvalu (Ref. 12596).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 11-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-16; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 11-12. Adults dark brown or greenish yellow above, silvery grey below; pectorals pale yellow, other fins darker than body; caudal fin with yellow margin (Ref. 4386). Rounded caudal fin that appear as single 3-lobed fin (Ref. 26938).
Biology : Adult inhabits bays (Ref. 37816), muddy estuaries and lower reaches of large rivers (Ref. 48636). A sluggish offshore fish that often floats on its side near the surface in the company of floating objects. Occasionally drifts over reefs (Ref. 9710, 44187). Juvenile may occur in floating Sargassum and mimic a floating leaf (Ref. 37816). Feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish (Ref. 30573, 44187). Marketed fresh, frozen, or salted
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Tortonese, E.. 1990. (Ref. 6947)

India country information
Common Names : Tripletail, முசலி, काटकोळा, പാരണ്ടി, പര്ര്രണ്ടി, કત્કોલા , முசாலீ , Brown tripletail, Chota bekkut, Katkola, Katkola, Musalli, Naharidathimas, Parrandee, Tripple tail
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses