| Shortjaw leatherjacket | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Genus: | Oligoplites |
| Species: | O. refulgens |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligoplites refulgens Gilbert & Starks, 1904 | |
The shortjaw leatherjacket (Oligoplites refulgens), also known as the slender leatherjacket, is a marine ray-finned fish from the family Carangidae which is native to the eastern Pacific, where it is found from Mexico to Ecuador. It is a pelagic species found close to shore, to depths of 30 metres (98 ft), which can withstand water of low salinity and which can enter estuaries temporarily. This species was formally described in 1904 by Charles Henry Gilbert & Edwin Chapin Starks from a type locality of Panama City market.
References
- ^ Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H. (2010). "Oligoplites refulgens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183429A8112106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183429A8112106.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oligoplites refulgens". FishBase. May 2017 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Oligoplites refulgens". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oligoplites refulgens | |
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