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southern Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972), southwestern Gulf of California, and Islas Revillagigedo
(Robertson and Allen 2002). Neritic epipelagic (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), surface to 38 m (125 ft) (min.:
Miller and Lea 1972; max.: M. L., unpubl. data), including surf zone (Carlisle et al. 1960).
Sphyraena ensis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882. Mexican Barracuda. To 70 cm (27.6 in) TL (Allen and Robertson
1994). Oceanside, southern California (Shane 2001) to Chile (Pequeño 1989), including lower Gulf of
California (Sommer in Fischer et al. 1995). Coastal waters (Sandknop and Watson in Fischer et al. 1995)
to 25 m (82 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Sphyraena lucasana Gill, 1863. Cortez Barracuda or Lucas Barracuda. To 70 cm (27.6 in) TL (Allen and
Robertson 1994). Isla Cedros (M. L., unpubl. data) and Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino (Sandknop and
Watson in Fischer et al. 1995), central Baja California into Gulf of California (Sommer in Fischer et al.
1995) to central Mexico (Robertson and Allen 2002). Nearshore, as shallow as 3 m (10 ft; Pérez-España
et al. 1996) to 25 m (82 ft; Robertson and Allen 2002).
Family Gempylidae — Snake Mackerels
Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948. Lined Cutlassfish or Striped Escolar. To about 33 cm (13.0 in) SL
(Nakamura and Parin 1993). Circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters; in western Pacific as far
north as southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) and east of Kuril Islands (Savinykh et al. 2004);
central California (35°N; Ambrose in Moser 1996) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Oceanic mesopelagic, at
depths of 50–1,000 m (164–3,280 ft) (min.: Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986; max.: Clarke and Wagner
1976).
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829. Snake Mackerel. To about 100 cm (40 in) SL (Nakamura and Parin 1993).
Circumglobal; in western Pacific as far north as southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002); San Pedro,
southern California to central Chile (Fitch and Lavenberg 1968), including Gulf of California (Robertson
and Allen 2002) and Islas Galápagos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Oceanic epipelagic and mesopelagic,
surface to 200 m (656 ft) and perhaps deeper (Nakamura and Parin 1993).
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843). Escolar. To 220 cm (86.6 in) TL (Robertson and Allen 2002).
Circumglobal; in western Pacific as far north as Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) and southern Kuril
Islands (Savinykh 1998); Washington (Miller and Lea 1972) to Cabo Blanco, Peru (Chirichigno 1974)
and Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002). Oceanic pelagic, at depths of 25 to 200 m (82–656 ft)
and more (min.: Azevedo and Heemstra 1995; max.: Nakamura and Parin in Carpenter and Niem 2001),
usually caught at 100–300 m (328–984 ft) in tuna longline fishery (Nakamura and Parin 1993).
Nealotus tripes Johnson, 1865. Black Mackerel, Black Snake Mackerel, or Striped Snake Mackerel. To 30 cm
(11.8 in) TL (Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984). Circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters; in
western Pacific as far north as southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) and southern Kuril Islands
(Parin 2003); southern Baja California (26°N; Ambrose in Moser 1996) to Chile (Pequeño 1989),
including southern part of Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002) and Islas Galápagos (Grove
and Lavenberg 1997). Oceanic epipelagic and mesopelagic, surface to about 820 m (2,690 ft) (min.:
Nakamura and Parin 1993; max.: Robertson and Allen 2002).
Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833. Oilfish. To 203 cm (80 in) TL, reported to 305 cm (10 ft) TL (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Circumglobal in temperate and tropical waters; southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo
2002) and southern Kuril Islands (Parin 2003); Encinitas, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to
southern Baja California and Guatemala (Robertson and Allen 2002) to Chile (Pequeño 1989). Oceanic
benthopelagic, at depths of 60 m (197 ft) and probably shallower, to 1,160 m (3,806 ft) (min.: Boltachev
2001; max.: Pakhorukov 1999).
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