Bengal escolar (Rexea bengalensis)

Scientific name: Rexea bengalensis Alcock, 1894

Bengal escolar (Rexea bengalensis)

The Bengal escolar (Rexea bengalensis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Gempylidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-16; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 34. Spinescent gill rakers with 3 or 4 cusps. Lateral line branching from below the 5th to before the 6th spine of the first dorsal fin; the upper lateral line reaching at least to the end of the soft dorsal fin base.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Rexea bengalensis
Family
Gempylidae (Snake mackerels)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
22.0
Depth range
143–820 m (469–2690 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 143 - 820 m
Climate
Deep-water
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific: Mozambique Channel, Saya de Malha Bank, Maldives Islands, India, Sri Lanka, Arafura and Java seas, Makassar Strait, northwestern and northeastern Australia and southern Japan. Also recorded from New Caledonia.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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