Nesiarchus nasutus

ingliseBody fairly elongate and strongly compressed. Mouth with fang-like teeth. The tips of both jaws with dermal processes. Gill rakers degenerated. Color is dark brown with violet tint; fin membranes black; margin of anus black (Ref. 6181).

• Escolar violaceus (Bean, 1887)
• Prometheus paradoxus de Brito Capello, 1867
• Thyrsitops violaceus Bean, 1887
• Bipinnula violacea (Bean, 1887)