Nesiarchus nasutus, the Black gemfish, is a species of snake mackerel found in tropical and subtropical waters in most parts of the world, though not in east Pacific and north Indian waters. It occurs at depths of from 200 to 1,200 metres (660 to 3,940 ft) though they make diel vertical migrations from benthopelagic to mesopelagic depths at night. This species can reach a length of 130 centimetres (51 in) SL though most do not exceed 80 centimetres (31 in) SL. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is currently the only known member of its genus, Nesiarchus.[2]
nesiarchus, nasutus, black, gemfish, species, snake, mackerel, found, tropical, subtropical, waters, most, parts, world, though, east, pacific, north, indian, waters, occurs, depths, from, metres, though, they, make, diel, vertical, migrations, from, benthopel. Nesiarchus nasutus the Black gemfish is a species of snake mackerel found in tropical and subtropical waters in most parts of the world though not in east Pacific and north Indian waters It occurs at depths of from 200 to 1 200 metres 660 to 3 940 ft though they make diel vertical migrations from benthopelagic to mesopelagic depths at night This species can reach a length of 130 centimetres 51 in SL though most do not exceed 80 centimetres 31 in SL It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries This species is currently the only known member of its genus Nesiarchus 2 Nesiarchus nasutus Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Scombriformes Family Gempylidae Genus Nesiarchus Species N nasutus Binomial name Nesiarchus nasutusJ Y Johnson 1862 Synonyms Prometheus paradoxus Capello 1867 Thyrsitops violaceus Bean 1887 Bipinnula violacea Bean 1887 Escolar violaceus Bean 1887 References edit Collette B B Pina Amargos F Smith Vaniz W F amp Barthelat F 2015 Nesiarchus nasutus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015 e T18158583A21913493 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2015 4 RLTS T18158583A21913493 en Retrieved 11 December 2022 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2013 Nesiarchus nasutus in FishBase April 2013 version nbsp This Scombroidei article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nesiarchus nasutus amp oldid 1217104576, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
