Species: Gempylus serpens, Common snake-mackerel
D & A: 5-7 finlets behind
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
Common snake-mackerel
Very elongate and slender, very compressed; snout pointed; eye large; mouth long, lower jaw pointed, projecting; teeth large, conical, spaced apart, top jaw with fangs at front; 1st dorsal fin long and low (XXVI-XXXII); 2nd dorsal fin short, followed by 5-7 finlets; anal fin II free spines then I, 10-12, then 6-7 finlets; pelvic fins tiny, I, 3-4; tail fin forked; tail base without keels; 2 obvious lateral lines on body, 1 along mid-side, other along under 1st dorsal fin; skin smooth, scales small; no keel on belly.
Dark brown to blackish, with silvery reflections, fins grey-brown with darker margins.
Size: 125 cm.
Habitat: oceanic, surface to midwater.
Depth: 0-1000 m.
Circumtropical; New York to Brasil.
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Offshore
- Offshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Mid Water
- Near Surface
- Surface
- Water column only
- Habitat
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- Water column
- FishBase Habitat
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- Pelagic
- Bathypelagic
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Pelagic crustacea
- Data
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Bony fishes
- Egg Type
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- Pelagic larva
- Data
- Pelagic
- Global Endemism
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- Greater Caribbean non-endemic
- All species.
- Circumtropical ( Indian + Pacific + Atlantic Oceans)
- Regional Endemism
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- Extends South of GC
- Continent
- Continent + Island (s)
- All species..
- Island (s)
- Also in Brazil
- GC non-endemic
- Extends North of GC
- Extends N + S of GC
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Tropical (10-23N, Nicaragua / Cuba)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- Temperate (>35N)
- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- IUCN Red List
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- Listed
- Least concern
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 125
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 1000
