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Seafood Products Research Center Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia |
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RFE Link | FDA - SL Market Name FDA - SL Common Name FDA - SL Scientific Name RFE 2 Letter Code RFE 8 Letter Code | FDA - SL Vernacular Names | AFS Common Name AFS Scientific Name AFS Other Names AFS Synonyms | FAO Scientific Name FAO Species Code FAO Common Name English FAO Common Name French FAO Common Name Spanish | FAO Synonyms |
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Escolar(*) | FDA-SL Market Name: Escolar(*) FDA-SL Common Name: Escolar(*) FDA-SL Sci. Name: Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*) FDA RFE WWW 2 Letter code: ec FDA RFE 8 Letter code: lepiflav | AFS Common Name: Escolar AFS Sci. Name: Lepidocybium flavobrumnneum (Smith, 1843) AFS Other Names: N.A. AFS Synonyms: We follow those ichthyologists who combine the Gempylidae (snake mackerels) and Trichiuridae (cutlasssfishes). Various included genera have been assigned differently by ichthyologists or placed in their own family. | FAO Sci. Name: Lepidocybium flavobrumnneum (Smith, 1849) FAO Species Code: GEMP Lepid 1 FAO Common English: Escolar FAO Common French: Escolier noir FAO Common Spanish: Escolar negro | FAO Sci. Name with Ref.: Cybium flavo-brunneum Smith 1849, pl. 20 (Cape of Good Hope, Africa). FAO Synonyms: Xenogramma carinatum Waite, 1904; Diplogonurus maderensis Noronha, 1926; Lepidosarda retigramma Kishinouye, 1926). |
Thumbnail | Seafood List (Common, Genus/Species, Market) | Occurence (AFS) | Occurence (FAO) |
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![]() | Escolar(*) Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*) Escolar(*) | A-P | Widely distributed in tropical and temperate seas of the world but probably absent from the northern Indian Ocean. |
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