Family Lobotidae Gill 1861 (Fig. 5E). Tripletails, Tigerperches; Berrugates, Dormilonas

Description: Body oval to oblong, somewhat compress; up to 110 cm in length; upper jaw slightly protrusible; no teeth on roof of mouth; preopercle strongly serrated; operculum with 2 flat, hidden spines; dorsal fin with 12 spines and 15 or 16 soft rays; anal fin with three spines and eleven rays; caudal fin rounded; lobes of the anal and second dorsal fins rounded, giving fish the appearance of having three tails (Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016).

Distribution: Marine, brackish, and freshwater; circumglobal, tropical to subtropical waters (Robertson & Allen 2015, Nelson et al. 2016). One genus and one species in Nicaraguan freshwaters.