Black snake mackerel
| Black snake mackerel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | Nealotus |
| Species: | N. tripes |
| Binomial name | |
| Nealotus tripes (Johnson, 1865) |
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The black snake mackerel, Nealotus tripes, is a species of mackerel-like fish in the family Gempylidae.[1] It is oceanic fish found worldwide in both tropical and temperate waters. Their maximum reported length is 25 cm, with a common length of 15 cm. They make diel vertical migrations from mesopelagic depths to the surface at night.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Nealotus tripes (Bowdich, 1825)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Nealotus tripes" in FishBase. March 2012 version.
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