escolar
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Escolar (local name from Réunion): species of fish found in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean. It can measure up to 200cm and reach depths of 1100m. This fish was photographed during field sampling (SIH, Fisheries Information System) or laboratory dissections (research projects). The photo in PNG format (without background) is available from the associated dataset.
Hugues Evano (IFREMER, Délégation océan Indien (DOI), Département Ressources Biologiques et Environnement (RBE), F-97420 Le Port, France) · CC BY 4.0 · Image sourceProvider-generated thumbnail requested at 320 pixels; no local editing Local WebP display rendition; resized without cropping.
Open encyclopedia reference
The escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) is a species of scombriform ray-finned fish with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 200 to 1,100 metres (660 to 3,610 ft). Also known as snake mackerel or walu walu (Hawaiian, sometimes written waloo), it is the only member of the genus Lepidocybium and the family Lepidocybiidae.
Wikipedia contributors, Escolar; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:28:21.817136+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Smith, 1843)
- Common name
- escolar
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Lepidocybiidae
- Genus
- Lepidocybium
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- suborderScombroidei
- familyLepidocybiidae Johnson, 1986
- genusLepidocybium Gill, 1862
- speciesLepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cybium flavobrunneum Smith, 1843 Smith, 1843 | synonym |
| Diplogonurus maderensis Noronha, 1926 Noronha, 1926 | synonym |
| Lepidosarda retigramma Kishinouye, 1926 Kishinouye, 1926 | synonym |
| Xenogramma carinatum Waite, 1904 Waite, 1904 | synonym |
| Nesogrammus thompsoni Fowler, 1923 Fowler, 1923 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126863 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6PCF4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.