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Ruvettus pretiosus (Castor oil fish; Escolar; Night barracuda; Oil fish; Oilfish; Scour-fish; Plain-tail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus, is a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans. It can be found at depths of from 100 to 800 metres (330 to 2,620 ft), usually between 200 to 400 metres (660 to 1,310 ft). It can grow to a length of 300 centimetres (120 in) TL though most do not exceed 150 centimetres (59 in) SL. The maximum recorded weight is 63.5 kilograms (140 lb). It is currently the only known member of its genus.
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Attributes

Migration [1]  Oceanodromous

Prey / Diet

Cheilopogon cyanopterus (White-edged flying-fish)[2]
Gempylus serpens (Snack mackerel)[2]
Promethichthys prometheus (purple snake mackerel)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Coryphaena hippurus (Mahi-mahi)1
Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped Dolphin)1
Thunnus obesus (Tuna)1
Xiphias gladius (Swordfish)1

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Aporocotyle pacifica[3]
Ascaris capsularia <Unverified Name>[3]
Neounitubulotestis orbitarium[3]
Neounitubulotestis pretiosus <Unverified Name>[3]
Tentacularia coryphaenae[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
♦ 2DIET OF THE OILFISH Ruvettus pretiosus (PERCIFORMES: GEMPYLIDAE) IN THE SAINT PETER AND SAINT PAUL ARCHIPELAGO, BRAZIL, Danielle de Lima Viana, Mariana Travassos Tolotti, Mariana Porto, Rodolfo Jorge Vale de Araújo, Teodoro Vaske Júnior and Fabio Hissa Vieira Hazin, BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY, 60(2):181-188, 2012
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0