Escolar

Escolar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Lepidocybium
T. N. Gill, 1862
Species:
L. flavobrunneum
Binomial name
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
(A. Smith, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Cybium flavobrunneum A. Smith, 1843
  • Xenogramma carinatum Waite, 1904
  • Nesogrammus thompsoni Fowler, 1923
  • Lepidosarda retigramma Kishinouye, 1926
  • Diplogonurus maderensis Noronha, 1926

The escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, a species of fish in the family Gempylidae, is found in deep (200–885 metres, or 656–2,904 ft) tropical and temperate waters around the world. It is also known as snake mackerel, walu walu (Hawaiian, sometimes written waloo), and is sometimes sold as "butterfish" or "white tuna".[2]

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Williams, J.; Pina Amargos, F.; Curtis, M.; Grijalba Bendeck, L. (2015). "Lepidocybium flavobrunneum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T190287A16510672. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T190287A16510672.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Mims, Christopher (2013-02-22). "59% of the 'Tuna' Americans eat is Not Tuna". The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 Feb 2013.