Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Scombriformes

Family: Bramidae

Genus: Eumegistus

Species: Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860)

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Central Atlantic: Bahamas, Carribean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. Southwest Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago and Bahia, Brazil.

Biology

All adults have been taken from off large islands (Ref. 4936). Meso/bathypelagic species (Ref. 82736). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans, cephalopods and worms (Ref. 82736).

Habitat

bathypelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless