Lined Cutlassfish

Body is extremely elongate and compressed. Lower jaw extends anterior to upper jaw with a small conical dermal process. Upper jaw with 3 immovable and 3 or 4 movable fang-like teeth anteriorly. Lateral line situated closer to the ventral profile than the dorsal profile posteriorly. Color is silvery with narrow dark dotted lines along the body; the gill membranes are jet-black.

Dorsal spines (total): 30 - 36; Dorsal soft rays (total): 35 - 44; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 28 - 35; Vertebrae: 57 - 64

Oceanic, migrating upward at night to 100 to 200 m. Probably forming schools during daytime. Feeds on crustaceans and small fish.

Oceanic, migrating upward at night to 100 to 200 m (Ref. 6181). Probably forming schools during daytime (Ref. 6181). Feed on crustaceans and small fish (Ref. 6181). Females mature at about 16 cm (Ref. 36731). Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6766).

fisheries: subsistence fisheries

Diplospinus multistriatus, the Striped escolar, is a species of snake mackerel of cosmopolitan distribution at depths of from 50 to 1,000 metres (160 to 3,280 ft). This species grows to a length of 33 centimetres (13 in) SL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) SL. This species is important as a food fish to local populations. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Caribbean to south of the Grand Banks

nektonic

Known from seamounts and knolls