Lobotes pacifica, Pacific tripletail : fisheries, gamefish

Lobotes pacifica Gilbert, 1898

Pacific tripletail
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Acanthuriformes (Surgeonfishes) > Lobotidae (Tripletails)
Etymology: Lobotes: Latin, lobus = lobe (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 125504). Tropical; 34°N - 9°S, 119°W - 77°W

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Eastern Pacific: from San Pedro Breakwater, California to Revillagigedo, Baja California, Mexico, to Sea of Cortez, south to Chimbote, Peru.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9312); common length : 50.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9312)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Body deep and moderately compressed, the depth much greater than head length; eyes small; upper jaw scarcely protractile; vomer, palate and tongue toothless; nostrils round and close together; preopercle distinctly serrated; lower branch of first gill arch with 15 gill rakers; in large individuals, the dorsal and anal fins, along with the caudal fin, appear like 3 caudal fins; body olive colored, speckled with dark spots; juveniles yellowish with dark spots (Ref. 55763).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Feeds mainly on benthic crustaceans and small fishes (Ref. 9312).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Heemstra, P.C., 1995. Lobotidae. Dormilonas. p. 1226. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 9312)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 May 2007

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index
(Ref. 82804) 		PD50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight a=0.01862 (0.00826 - 0.04196), b=3.01 (2.81 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level
(Ref. 69278) 		4.1   ±0.68 se; based on food items.
Resilience
(Ref. 120179) 		Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 59153) 		Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Price category
(Ref. 80766) 		Unknown.
Nutrients
(Ref. 124155) 		Calcium = 59.9 [32.6, 124.1] mg/100g; Iron = 0.717 [0.411, 1.263] mg/100g; Protein = 18.2 [17.3, 19.2] %; Omega3 = 0.181 [0.100, 0.333] g/100g; Selenium = 77.1 [38.4, 173.9] μg/100g; VitaminA = 9.25 [2.87, 28.56] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.81 [0.55, 1.30] mg/100g (wet weight);