Tripletail.
(Lobotes surinamensis).

Other Common Names:
Bouyfish.
Flasher.
Black Perch.
Sort Trehale.

Identification:
Upper body dark brown to black with light brown to gray edges on scales.
Lower body bronze with gray to white edges on scales.
Long black rounded dorsal and anal fins, extending almost to the tail.
Sloping head with small eyes.

Typical Location:
Around FAD’s, buoys and mooring lines.
Around shallow reefs and wrecks.

Fishing Methods:
Drifting or at anchor with live scad or mackerel.

Fighting Characteristics:
A master in tangling or snagging the line.
Powerful deep dives.

Fishing Khao Lak's Comment:
You should use heavier tackle than you would normaly use
for a fish this size, due its its ability to always find a snag.

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Fish Species

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African Pompano | Amberjack | Barracouta | Barracuda | Barramundi | Bigeye Trevally
Black Marlin | Black–blotched Stingray | Blackspot Shark | Blacktip Reef Shark
Blue Marlin | Bluefin Trevally | Bluespotted Stingray | Bonefish | Bridled Parrotfish

Broadbill Swordfish | Bull Shark | Camouflage Grouper | Checkered Seaperch
Cobia | Copper Shark | Coral Trout | Coronation Trout | Daisy Parrotfish
Dogtooth Tuna | Dorado | Dusky Parrotfish | Ember Parrotfish

Giant Trevally | Golden Trevally | Green Jobfish | Grey Mullet | Grey Reef Shark
Hammerhead Shark | Honeycomb Grouper | John's Snapper | Kawa Kawa Tuna
Leopard Shark | Long–Finned Bigeye | Longnose Emperor | Longtail Tuna

Longtom | Mako Shark | Malabar Grouper | Mangrove Jack | Maori Seaperch
Narrow–barred Spanish Mackerel | Peacock Rockcod | Permit | Queenfish
Rainbow Runner | Red Snapper | Reticulated Swellshark | Rosy Snapper

Ruby Snapper | Sailfish | Silvertip Shark | Skipjack Tuna | Smalltooth Emperor
Smalltooth Jobfish | Spangled Emperor | Sweetlip Emperor | Tarpon | Threadfin Salmon
Tiger Shark | Tripletail | Tripletail Wrasse | Wahoo | Yellowfin Tuna

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