Longfin Escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule 1921
Other Names: Black Mackerel
Longfin Escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis. Source: Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO. License: CC by Attribution-NonCommercial
Summary:
A dark brown escolar with darker fins, large pectoral fins, very large eyes, a large mouth with two or three fangs at the front of the upper jaw and strong teeth laterally, and a single lateral line following the dorsal profile and ending near the rear of the soft part of the dorsal fin.
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Bray, D.J. 2019, Scombrolabrax heterolepis in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/species/2566
Longfin Escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule 1921
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Distribution |
Off Cape Leeuwin to off North West Cape, Western Australia, and the northern Coral Sea to off Townsville, Queensland. Elsewhere the species is circumglobal in subtropical waters. Adults are benthopelagic, mostly on the deep mid-continental slope, including around seamounts. |
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Features |
Dorsal fin XII, 14-16; Anal fin II-III, 16-18; Vertebrae 30. Body moderately elongate, compressed fish; eye large; mouth large with strong lateral teeth and 2-3 fangs at front of upper jaw. Lateral line single, running along upper sides of body to near end of dorsal fin. Spinous dorsal fin about twice length of soft dorsal fin; pectoral fin very large. The species is dark brown with darker fins. |
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Species Citation |
Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule 1921, Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 172(24): 1534, figs 1-4. Type locality: Seas of Madeira. |
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Author |
Bray, D.J. 2019 |
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Longfin Escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule 1921
References
Higgins, B.E., Mori, K. & Uyeno, T. 1970. Distribution of Scombrolabrax heterolepis Roule (order Perciformes) in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology 17(1): 51-53 figs 1-2 https://doi.org/10.11369/jji1950.17.51, open access
Iwamoto, T. 2015. Scombrolabrax heterolepis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T21132418A42691879. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132418A42691879.en. Downloaded on 28 August 2019.
Nakamura, I. 1986. Family No. 246: Scombrolabracidae. 825, fig. 246 in Smith, M.M. & Heemstra, P.C. (eds). Smith's Sea Fishes. Johannesburg : Macmillan South Africa xx + 1047 pp. 144 pls.
Nakamura, I. & Parin, N.V. 2001. Scombrolabracidae. p. 3684 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Roule, L. 1921. Sur un nouveau poisson abyssal (Scombrolabrax heterolepis, nov. gen. nov. sp.) pêché dans les eaux de l'île Madère. Comptes Rendus (Hebdomadaires) des Séances de l'Academie des Sciences. Série D. Sciences Naturelles 172(24): 1534-1536 See ref at BHL
Roule, L. 1922. Description de Scombrolabrax heterolepis nov. gen., nov. sp., poisson abyssal nouveau de l'île de Madère. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique Monaco 408: 1-8 figs 1-4
Stewart, A.L. 2015. 228 Family Scombrolabracidae. pp. 1597-1598 in Roberts, C.D., Stewart, A.L. & Struthers, C.D. (eds) The Fishes of New Zealand. Wellington : Te Papa Press Vol. 4 pp. 1153-1748.
Williams, A., Koslow, J.A. & Last, P.R. 2001. Diversity, density and community structure of the demersal fish fauna of the continental slope off western Australia (20 to 35°S). Marine Ecology Progress Series 212: 247-263 doi:10.3354/meps212247, open access
Williams, A., Last, P.R., Gomon, M.F. & Paxton, J.R. 1996. Species composition and checklist of the demersal ichthyofauna of the continental slope off Western Australia (20–35º). Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 135-155 See ref online
