Escolar

Lepidocybium flavobrunneum

Category: Reef Fish

IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae
Genus: Lepidocybium

Where to Find

Found in 39 diving areas across 25 countries and 9 regions.

Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 26 records
Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
Abaco, Bahamas - 6 records
Andros, Bahamas - 2 records
Bimini, Bahamas - 151 records
Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 3 records
South Coast, Barbados - 1 records
West Coast, Barbados - 1 records
Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 5 records
Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 6 records
Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 1 records
Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands - 15 records
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 1 records
María la Gorda, Cuba - 3 records
Varadero, Cuba - 29 records
Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 12 records
Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 17 records
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 15 records
Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 2 records
La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 39 records
Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 18 records
St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 1 records
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 63 records
St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 3 records
Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 12 records
Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon, Micronesia - 1 records
Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 1 records
Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 4 records
Azores, Portugal - 8 records
Cozumel, Mexico - 3 records
Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 1 records
Hawaii, United States - 31 records
Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 2 records
Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records