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RFE Page 2 - Hazard, Market, Geographic and Nomenclature Information for Escolar(*) (Escolar(*); Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*))

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Nomenclature Table

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FDA - SL Common Name
FDA - SL Scientific Name
RFE 2 Letter Code
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FDA - SL Vernacular NamesAFS 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






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).

Geographic Distribution Table

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Fish ImageEscolar(*)
Lepidocybium(*) flavobrunneum(*)
Escolar(*)
A-PWidely distributed in tropical and temperate seas of the world but probably absent from the northern Indian Ocean.

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