Nealotus tripes Johnson, 1865 .

Black Snake Mackerel. To 30 cm (11.8 in) TL (Nakamara in Masuda et al. 1984). Circumglobal; western Pacific Ocean north to southern Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002), and southern Kuril Islands (Parin 2003); southern Baja California (26°N) (Ambrose in Moser 1996) to Chile (Pequeño 1898), including southern part of Gulf of California (Robertson and Allen 2002); Islas Galágos (Grove and Lavenberg 1997). Ocean epipelagic and mesopelagic; depth: surface to 1,646 m (5,399 ft) (min.: Nakamura and Parin 1993; max.: Fricke et al. 2019).