Escolar: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the escolar lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Scombriformes
Family	Gempylidae

Where does the escolar live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the escolar in 9 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the escolar endangered?

The escolar’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the escolar?

The escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) is a ray-finned fish in the order Scombriformes and the family Gempylidae, genus Lepidocybium. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the escolar

The escolar (Lepidocybium flavobrunneum) is a species of scombriform ray-finned fish with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans at depths of 200 to 1,100 metres (660 to 3,610 ft). Also known as snake mackerel or walu walu (Hawaiian, sometimes written waloo), it is the only member of the genus Lepidocybium and the family Lepidocybiidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Escolar (revision 1366879245), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1367312 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).