Ruvettus pretiosus

Author
Cocco, 1833
Common Names
  • Oilfish
  • Castor Oil Fish
  • Escolar
  • Night Barracuda
  • Oil Fish

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Min Depth
200 meters
Max Depth
700 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Worldwide. Canada to northern Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthopelagic
References

  • McEachran, J. D., and J. D. Fechhelm. 2005. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Volume 2: Scorpaeniformes to Tetraodontiformes. University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. 1004 pp.

  • Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin. 1993. FAO Species Catalogue, Vol. 15, Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (Family Gempylidae and Trichiuiridae): an annotated and illustrated catalogue of the snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars gemfishes, scakfishes, domine, oilfishes, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails and frostfishes. FAO Fishery Synopsis 125(5). FAO, Rome. 36 pp.

  • Parin, N. V., P. P. Shirshov, and I. Nakamura. 2002a. Gempylidae. Pp. 1812–1824 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Vol. 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Opistognathidae to Molidae). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publication No. 5. FAO, Rome.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-04-2024.

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