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Pacific tripletail

Lobotes pacifica Gilbert, 1898

Status not recordedbony fish

The Pacific tripletail (Lobotes pacifica) is a species in the family Lobotidae, order Acanthuriformes.

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Quick facts about the Pacific tripletail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the Pacific tripletail live?

Not recorded

Is the Pacific tripletail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Pacific tripletail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderAcanthuriformes
  5. familyLobotidae
  6. genusLobotes
  7. SpeciesLobotes pacifica Gilbert, 1898

Synonyms Labotes pacificus, Lobotes pacificus, Verrugato pacificus

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Cua triple del PacíficCatalan
  • pilohřbetec olivovýCzech
  • Garlopa del PacíficoSpanish
  • Pesce foglia del PacificoItalian
  • Perca-folha-do-PacíficoPortuguese
  • ปลากะพงขี้เซาThai
  • 太平洋松鯛Chinese
  • dormilona del PacíficoSpanish
  • Garlopa del Pacífico CentralSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the Pacific tripletail

Other species in the same genus Lobotes.

Flasher

Lobotes surinamensis

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ComparePacific tripletail vs FlasherPacific tripletail vs Lobotes monoculus

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the Pacific tripletail?

The Pacific tripletail (Lobotes pacifica) belongs to the family Lobotidae in the order Acanthuriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pacific tripletail (Lobotes pacifica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-tripletail

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“Pacific tripletail (Lobotes pacifica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-tripletail.

BibTeX
@misc{pacific_tripletail_2026,
  title = {Pacific tripletail (Lobotes pacifica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-tripletail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}