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Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

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Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

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Also known as escolar

Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) are a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans at depths of . Also known as snake mackerel or ' (Hawaiian, sometimes written '), it is the only member of its genus.

Species

Least Concern

escolar

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyGempylidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded48,371

異鱗蛇鯖，又名鱗網帶鰆，學名Lepidocybium flavobrunneum，中文俗稱油魚、玉梭魚，又名白玉豚，英文俗稱 Escolar、Oilfish、Black Oilfish、rudderfish、white tuna，是輻鰭魚綱鱸形目帶鰆科異鱗蛇鯖屬的唯一品種。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
95
With media
16
Family
Gempylidae
Collections
SIO, USNM, CSIRO, LACM, TCWC, AM
Recorded in
Bahamas, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Australia, Panama, United States, Ecuador, Honduras
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Instance of
taxon
Image
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taxon rank
species
taxon name
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Commons category
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon common name
圓鱈
taxon range
Brazil
short name
L. flavobrunneum
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Escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) are a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans at depths of . Also known as snake mackerel or ' (Hawaiian, sometimes written '), it is the only member of its genus.

==Description== The escolar is dark brown, growing darker with age until it is quite black. It is a fast-swimming fish with a prominent lateral keel and four to six finlets after the anal and second dorsal fins. Escolar can grow to over in length, but are on average around . Like its relative the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus), escolar cannot metabolize the wax esters naturally found in its diet, instead distributing the undigestible oil throughout their bodies. As a result, around 20% of the escolar's body weight is oil.

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