''Diplospinus multistriatus'', the Striped escolar, is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
snake mackerel of cosmopolitan distribution at depths of from . This species grows to a length of
SL though most do not exceed SL. This species is important as a food fish to local populations. This species is the
only known member of its
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
.
References
Gempylidae
Fish described in 1948
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