title: Oligoplites
text: # Oligoplites
  
  Oligoplites is a genus of carangid leatherjackets native to warmer seas off the Americas, including the East Pacific, West Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.
  
  ## Species
  
  The currently recognized species in this genus are:
  
  * Oligoplites altus (Günther, 1868) (longjaw leatherjacket)
  * Oligoplites palometa (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Maracaibo leatherjacket)
  * Oligoplites refulgens C. H. Gilbert & Starks, 1904 (shortjaw leatherjacket)
  * Oligoplites saliens (Bloch, 1793) (Castin leatherjacket)
  * Oligoplites saurus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (leatherjacket)
  