Blacksail snake mackerel

Blacksail snake mackerel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Gempylidae
Genus:	Thyrsitoides
Species:	T. marleyi
Binomial name
	Thyrsitoides marleyi; Fowler, 1929
Synonyms
	Mimasea taeniosoma Kamohara, 1936; Thyrsitoides jordanus Ajiad, Jafari & Mahasneh, 1987;

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.^[2] 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).^[2] This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It is at the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.^[2]

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^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Thyrsitoides marleyi" in FishBase. January 2018 version.

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[Ajiad_et_al.,_1982-1] 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.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Thyrsitoides marleyi" in FishBase. January 2018 version.

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