Atlantic Tripletail

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).

Oceanodromous. Migrating within oceans typically between spawning and different feeding areas, as tunas do. Migrations should be cyclical and predictable and cover more than 100 km.

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12

A sluggish offshore fish that often floats on its side near the surface in the company of floating objects. Occasionally drifts over reefs. The young resemble leaves. Feeds on benthic crustaceans and small fish.

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.

fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: commercial