Bengal escolar
Rexea bengalensis
- Usual depth270–696 m
- Water temperature19–30 °C
- Best monthsSeptember, October, and November
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) KANNAN K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 3 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 8 records
- July: 4 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 10 records
- October: 10 records
- November: 10 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 270–696 m · Deepest record: 797 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 19–30 °C
Photos
(c) KANNAN K, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Bengal escolar, small gemfish
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Escolier bengalais, Petit escolier
Other scientific names: Thyrsites bengalensis
Similar species
- Royal escolar
Rexea prometheoides
Snake mackerelGempylus serpens
Roudi escolarPromethichthys prometheus
- Black snake mackerel
Nealotus tripes
SackfishNeoepinnula orientalis
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).
- 119 open-data records from 1966 to 2025.
- Species data updated October 30, 2026.
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