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Scombrolabracidae (Longfin escolars)
Etymology: Scombrolabrax: Greek, skombros = mackerel + Greek, labrax, -akos = a fish, Dicentrarchus labrax (Ref. 45335).
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 100 - 900 m (Ref. 10817). Subtropical, preferred ?; 39°N - 35°S, 98°W - 168°E
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: widespread in tropical and subtropical areas. Not occurring in the eastern Pacific and southeast Atlantic.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6655)
Oceanic and mesopelagic. Found on the continental shelf and underwater sea rises (Ref. 10817). Rather rare.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Parin, N.V., 1990. Scombrolabracidae. p. 973. In J. C. Quéro, J. C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 10817)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)
CITES (Ref. 94142)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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