Slender escolar

Paradiplospinus gracilis

Fish
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth116–677 m
Water temperature-2–17 °C
Best monthsMay and September
How commonOccasional

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 102 records
February: 161 records
March: 124 records
April: 33 records
May: 290 records
June: 137 records
July: 31 records
August: 7 records
September: 236 records
October: 13 records
November: 24 records
December: 48 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 116–677 m · Deepest record: 4,350 m

0–10 m: 11 records
10–20 m: 14 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 37 records
60–70 m: 3 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 22 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 18 records
110+ m: 984 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -2–17 °C

-2–0 °C: 56 records
0–2 °C: 72 records
2–4 °C: 480 records
4–6 °C: 101 records
6–8 °C: 123 records
8–10 °C: 59 records
10–12 °C: 10 records
12–14 °C: 4 records
14–16 °C: 21 records
16–18 °C: 3 records

Names and classification

English: Slender escolar, slender escolar, Slender escolar, Snake mackerel, twofin frostfish

Names in 2 more languages

French: Escolier élégant
Japanese: ホソナガクロタチ

Other scientific names: Diplospinus gracilis, Lepidopus gracilis

Similar species

Snake mackerel
Gempylus serpens
Roudi escolar
Promethichthys prometheus
Striped escolar
Diplospinus multistriatus
Black snake mackerel
Nealotus tripes
Black gemfish
Nesiarchus nasutus
Royal escolar
Rexea prometheoides

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
1,268 open-data records from 1962 to 2023.
Species data updated November 5, 2026.

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