| Blacksail snake mackerel Temporal range: Late Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Individual caught near Vanuatu | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Gempylidae |
| Genus: | Thyrsitoides |
| Species: | T. marleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929 | |
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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. 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). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries.
It is at the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic. However, a second extinct species, T. zarahoustrae Arambourg, 1967, is known from the Late Eocene-aged Pabdeh Formation of Iran and potentially the Early Oligocene of Romania.
References
- 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thyrsitoides marleyi". FishBase. January 2018 version.
- Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France); naturelle (France), Muséum national d'histoire (1966). Notes et mémoires sur le Moyen-Orient. Vol. t.8 (1966). Paris: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
- "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
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.
External links
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