Scientific Name	Thyrsitoides marleyi   Pronounce			by: Lab of Fish Ecol. and Evo., BRCAS
Author	Fowler, 1929	Depth	0 - 855M
Chinese	尖身帶鰆	Poisonous Fish	No
Family_Chinese	帶鰆科	Economic Fish	Yes
Family	F473　Gempylidae	Edible Fish	Yes	Chinese In Mainland China	黑鰭蛇鯖
Max Length	200 cm	Aquarium Fish	No	Common Name	尖梭、竹梭(臺東)、尖梭舅(澎湖)、白魚桂(澎湖)、白魚舅（高屏地區）
Distribution in World	India Ocean to West Pacific Ocean	Distribution in Taiwan	East、South、North、North East、ShaoLiuChew
Habitats	Ocean、Deep Sea、Coastal	Holotype Locality	Natal, South Africa
Synonyms	Mimasea taeniosoma, Thrysitoides marleyi, Thyrisitoides marleyi, Thyrsitoides jordanus
Reference	臺灣魚類誌(沈等, 1993)；The Live Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific, Vol.6(FAO, 2001)；Fishes of Japan(Nakabo, 2002)  Nakamura, I. 1980 沈世傑 編 Shih-Chieh Shen ed. 1993 Nakabo T. 2002 Nakabo T. 2002
Specimen List	ASIZP0060663. ASIZP0063085. ASIZP0063188. FRIP00098. FRIP00685. FRIP21008. FRIP21676. NMMBP00972. NMMBP05402. NMMSTP00902.
Common Name	Slender snoek; Black snoek; Blacksail snake mackerel
Redlist Status	Not in IUCN Redlist
Characteristic	Body greatly elongate and compressed; snout sharply conical, lower jaw sharply pointed and extends considerably beyond upper jaw; tip of both jaws with small conical dermal processes; 3 fangs anteriorly in each side of upper jaw, usually 3 fangs depressible and remaining ones immovable; 1 pair of slightly elongate tooth anteriorly on each side of lower jaw; lateral teeth in jaws conical, those in lower jaw much larger than those in upper jaw; vomer edentate; small teeth on palatines. First dorsal fin with XVII to XIX spines, the second dorsal fin with I small spine and 16 or 17 soft rays; anal fin with I small spine and 16 or 17 soft rays; pectoral fin with I small spine and 13 or 14 soft rays. Two lateral lines, the upper following dorsal contour of body, the lower originating below fourth dorsal-fin spine or siightly behind it, running mid-laterally. Body covered with small, thin cycloid scales. Body dark brown with slightly metallic reflections, sometimes slightly paler on belly; black markings on first dorsal-fin membrane, other fins without any markings.
habitats	Mesobenthopelagic, down to depths of 400 m or more, often at the surface at night around Okinawa, Japan. The largest populations are probably on the slope of seamounts or ridges. Feeds on a variety of mesopelagic fish, squid and crustaceans.
Distribution	Distributed in the Indd-West Pacific including Japan except Hokkaido (Northern Island), Kyusyu-Palau Ridge, Taiwan, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Malacca Straits, Andaman Sea, western Australia, around Madagascar, La Reunion, Saya de Malha Bank, east coast
Utility	Marketed fresh.