Image: Tail of Escolar

Tail of an Escolar caught on long-line at night off Hawaii in May 2004. Note the dorsal and anal finlets and the strong keel on the caudal peduncle that is flanked by a smaller keel above and below.

Photographer:

Rikard Frederiksen

Rights:

© Rikard Frederiksen

Order:

Perciformes

Last Updated: 30 September 2010

Tags fishes, ichthyology, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, Escolar, Gempylidae,