Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gempylus serpens
escolar de canal, escolar de canal, Snake mackerel
Size> Probably reach lengths of at least 2 meters.
Habitat: Uncommon, because these fishes occur in depths greater than 150 meters during the day.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Scombriformes
Family
Gempylidae
Genus
Gempylus
Species
serpens
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Native
Distribution: Known in all tropical seas of the world; in the eastern Pacific they range from San Pedro, California, to central Chile.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Grove, J.S. Lavenberg, R.J. (1997) The Fishes of the Galapagos Islands. Stanford University Press, Stanford California. 862 pp.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-2 Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gempylus serpens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14032. Accessed 4 November 2026.