Blacksail snake mackerel

Blacksail snake mackerel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Thyrsitoides
Species:
T. marleyi
Binomial name
Thyrsitoides marleyi
Fowler, 1929
Synonyms
  • Mimasea taeniosoma Kamohara, 1936
  • Thyrsitoides jordanus Ajiad, Jafari & Mahasneh, 1987[1]

The blacksail snake mackerel (Thyrsitoides marleyi), known also as the black snoek, is a species of snake mackerel found in the Indo-Pacific from shallow water to a depth of at least 400 m (1,300 ft) where they appear to prefer slopes on seamounts and ridges.[2] They are known for making diel vertical migrations to near-surface waters at night, feeding on fish, squid and crustaceans. This species reaches a total length of 2 m (6.6 ft) though most are around 1 m (3.3 ft).[2] This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It is at the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ajiad, A. M.; Jafari, R.; Mahasneh, D. (1982). "Thyrsitoides jordanus (Teleostei: Gempylidae): a new species from the Gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India. 24 (1–2): 12–14.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Thyrsitoides marleyi" in FishBase. January 2018 version.

Further reading

  • Nakamura, Izumi (1980). "New Record of a Rare Gempylid, Thyrsitoides marleyi, from the Sea of Japan". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 26 (4): 357–360. doi:10.11369/jji1950.26.357.
  • Kim, Maeng Jin; Choi, Jung Hwa; Kim, Jung Nyun; Oh, Taeg Yun; Lee, Dong Woo (2012). "First Record of the Black Snoek Thyrsitoides marleyi (Pisces: Gempylidae) from Korea". Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 15 (3): 251–253. doi:10.5657/FAS.2012.0251.
  • Gon, Ofer (1987). "New Records of Three Fish Species from Hawaii". Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 34 (1). doi:10.11369/jji1950.34.100.

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