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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Scombrolabrax heterolepis

Black mackerel

WoRMS 127030ITIS 172366GBIF 2375206key worms:127030
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2026-08-05: itis_id 172366 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Nathan Hermann · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Pomatomus saltatrix
Black mackerel30 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Scombrolabrax heterolepis collected off Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
Photo · Not mentioned · CC BY 3.0 · commons

The longfin escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis, also known as the black mackerel, is a widespread but uncommon deep sea ray-finned fish that presents some difficulties for taxonomy.W CalCOFI holds 14 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2002 and 2006, as larva.R

14
observations
14
records
14
sampling events
2002–2006
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 14 obs · 14 events · 2002–2006 · larva
    name used: Scombrolabrax heterolepis Black mackerel · code 2220

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/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:127030%22