Neoepinnula orientalis

Osteichthyes Gempylidae Neoepinnula orientalis
Sackfish
~25 cm TL
Characteristic features:
Colour:

Greenish-brown to dark brown; first dorsal fin dark to blackish, with a darker blotch between 3rd and 4th spines; buccal and branchial cavity usually black.

Size:

Up to 30 cm TL.

Distribution:

Indo-West Pacific and off East Africa in tropical waters.

Habitat:

Benthopelagic on upper slopes, from 200 to 570 m depth.

Biology:

Feeds on small fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods.

Similar species:

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Escolar

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum differs in having a large keel flanked by 2 smaller keels on either side of caudal peduncle (vs. keels absent) and lateral line single and extremely undulating (vs. double, the lower lateral line running near ventral contour).

to Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
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