Blacksail snake mackerel explained
The blacksail snake mackerel (Thyrsitoides marleyi), known also as the black snoek, is a species of snake mackerel found in the Indo-Pacific from shallow water to a depth of at least 400m (1,300feet) where they appear to prefer slopes on seamounts and ridges.
Description
They are known for making diel vertical migrations to near-surface waters at night, feeding on fish, squid and crustaceans. This species reaches a total length of 2m (07feet) though most are around 1m (03feet).
This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. It is at the only member of the genus Thyrsitoides, making the genus monotypic.
Further reading
- Nakamura. Izumi. New Record of a Rare Gempylid, Thyrsitoides marleyi, from the Sea of Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 1980. 26. 4. 357–360. 10.11369/jji1950.26.357. free.
- Kim. Maeng Jin. Choi. Jung Hwa. Kim. Jung Nyun. Oh. Taeg Yun. Lee. Dong Woo. First Record of the Black Snoek Thyrsitoides marleyi (Pisces: Gempylidae) from Korea. Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2012. 15. 3. 251–253. 10.5657/FAS.2012.0251. free.
- Gon. Ofer. New Records of Three Fish Species from Hawaii. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology. 1987. 34. 1. 10.11369/jji1950.34.100. free.
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