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Escolar

Reference

IB2655

Category

Fishes

Family Name

Snake Mackerels - GEMPYLIDAE

Common Name

Escolar

Scientific Name

Lepidocybium flavobrunneus

Artist Name

Roger Swainston

Notes

Snake Mackerels are pelagic from surface to near the bottom at depths of 1 000 m or more. Many make vertical migrations towards the surface at night to feed. They are voracious predators of other fishes, crustaceans and squids.

Source : Swainston’s Fishes of Australia

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