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The squaretails are a genus, Tetragonurus, of scombriform ray-finned fishes, the only genus in the family Tetragonuridae.
They are found in tropical and subtropical oceans, and feed on jellyfish and ctenophores.
Species
The three species are:
Bigeye squaretail, T. atlanticus Lowe, 1839
Smalleye squaretail, T. cuvieri Risso, 1810
Pacific squaretail, T. pacificus Abe, 1953
Synonyms
Tetragonurus simplex Lowe, 1834 accepted as Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833
Timeline
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Tetragonuridae". FishBase. February 2006 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tetragonurus". FishBase. February 2006 version.