Family : Gempylidae (Snake mackerels)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Black snake mackerel
Fish Name : Nealotus tripes
Max size : 25.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6181)
Environment : bathypelagic; oceanodromous ; depth range 914 - 1646 m
Climate : deep-water; 47°N - 35°S
Global Importance : fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tmax>3)Distribution : Atlantic, Indian and Pacific: in tropical and temperate waters. The southernmost Indian Ocean occurrence (28°08'S, 49°06'E) was based on an unpublished record (R/V VITYAZ-II, station 2781).
Diagnosis : Dorsal spines (total): 20-21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16-19; Anal spines: 1-1; Anal soft rays: 15-19; Vertebrae: 36-38. Body greatly elongated and compressed. Mouth large with fang-like teeth. Tips of both jaws with dermal processes. Color is blackish brown; dorsal and anal fins pale brown; buccal and branchial cavities and peritoneum black.
Biology : Oceanic, epipelagic to mesopelagic (Ref. 47377), migrating to the surface at night (Ref. 6181). Feeds on myctophids and other small fishes, squid and crustaceans (Ref. 6181). Matures at 15 cm SL (Ref. 36731)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Parin, Nikolay V.
Main Ref : Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin. 1993. (Ref. 6181)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses