Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Nealotus tripes

Black snake mackerel

WoRMS 126864ITIS 172368GBIF 2397769key worms:126864

2026-08-05: itis_id 172368 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Russell Engelman · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Ruvettus pretiosus

Black snake mackerel25 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Nealotus tripes — Photo · Ken Graham · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The black snake mackerel is a species of snake mackerel found worldwide in both tropical and temperate waters where they are found at depths of from 914 to 1,646 metres making diel vertical migrations from mesopelagic depths to the surface at night.W CalCOFI holds 79 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1972 and 2006, as larva.R

79
observations: 79
records: 79
sampling events: 1972–2006
years: 1
datasets: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 79 obs · 79 events · 1972–2006 · larva
name used: Nealotus tripes Black snake mackerel · code 592

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:126864%22

Nealotus tripes

How big is itiEvery mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

How big is it
i
Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
i
Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.