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==Taxonomy== The Atlantic tripletail was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1790 as ''Holocentrus surinamensis'' by the German [[physician]] and [[naturalist]] [[Marcus Elieser Bloch]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the [[Caribbean Sea]] off Suriname.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof genus |genus=Lobotes |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> In 1830 [[Georges Cuvier]] proposed the new [[genus]] ''[[Lobotes]]'' with ''Holocentrus surinamensis'' its [[type species]] by [[Monotypic taxon|monotypy]].<ref name = CofF2>{{Cof family |family=Lobotidae |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> Some authorities treat ''Lobotes'' as a [[monospecific genus]] with the Pacific tripletail (''[[Lobotes pacifica|L. pacifica]])'' being regarded as a [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] of a single pantropical ''L. surinamensis''.<ref name = FM>{{cite web |url=https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/lobotes-surinamensis/ |title=Lobotes surinamensis |access-date=25 October 2023 |author=Tina Perrota |work=Discover Fishes |publisher=Florida Museum}}</ref> ''Lobotes'' is one of two genera in the family [[Lobotidae]] which the 5th edition of ''[[Fishes of the World]]'' classifies in the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Spariformes]], although has also been classified in the order [[Acanthuriformes]] by[[Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes]] (2025).<ref name = Nelson5>{{cite book |author1=Nelson, J.S. |author1-link=Joseph S. Nelson |author2=Grande, T.C. |author3=Wilson, M.V.H. |year=2016 |title=Fishes of the World |edition=5th |publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons]] |place=Hoboken, NJ |pages=502β506 |isbn=978-1-118-34233-6 |lccn=2015037522 |oclc=951899884 |ol=25909650M |doi=10.1002/9781119174844}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Fricke |first=R. |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=W. N. |last3=Van der Laan |first3=R. |date=2025 |title=ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION |url=https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=California Academy of Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
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