Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

Osteichthyes Gempylidae Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

Escolar LEC

~50 cm TL

Characteristic features:

Colour:

Dark brown.

Size:

Up to 180 cm TL.

Distribution:

Circumglobal, in tropical and temperate waters.

Habitat:

Epipelagic and mesopelagic often over the continental shelf, from 200 to 1,100 m depth.

Biology:

Feeds primarily on squids, crustaceans and fishes.

Indonesian fisheries:

Caught by longline.

Similar species:

Ruvettus pretiosus
Oilfish

Ruvettus pretiosus differs in having a lateral line curved anteriorly above pectoral fin, then straight (vs. strongly undulating along entire length); scales very rough (vs. comparatively smooth); no keels on caudal peduncle (vs. a large keel flanked by 2 smaller keels on either side of caudal peduncle) and a midventral keel (vs. no midventral keel).

to Ruvettus pretiosus

Neoepinnula orientalis
Sackfish

Neoepinnula orientalis differs in having no keels on caudal peduncle (vs. a large keel flanked by 2 smaller keels on either side of caudal peduncle).

to Neoepinnula orientalis

External links:

FishBase
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species^TM