WoRMS taxon details
Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925
Scombrolabracoidei · unaccepted (Downlifted to family rank in...)
Downlifted to family rank in Carangiformes/Carangoidei.
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Deep-water fishes. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Protrusible premaxilla. Serrated operculum and...
Description Deep-water fishes. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Protrusible premaxilla. Serrated operculum and preoperculum. Gas bladder having thin, elastic walls and evaginations that fit into the bullae of the adult vertebrae. Vertebrae 30, adults with the 5th through 12th vertebrae having bullae bulging dorsolaterally and opening ventrally. About 30 cm maximum length. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scombrolabracidae Fowler, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125560 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Deep-water fishes. Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. Protrusible premaxilla. Serrated operculum and preoperculum. Gas bladder having thin, elastic walls and evaginations that fit into the bullae of the adult vertebrae. Vertebrae 30, adults with the 5th through 12th vertebrae having bullae bulging dorsolaterally and opening ventrally. About 30 cm maximum length. [details]
