Gempylidae
family of fishes
The Gempylidae are a family of fishes that are called snake mackerels. They belong in the order Scombriformes. The family includes about 25 species.
Description
These creatures are elongated fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin just like them. However, they are smaller. They have fangs like a barracuda.The largest species, including the snoek (Thyrsites atun), grow up to 2 m long, and the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) can reach 3 m.
Families and genera
- Subfamily Clade 1 Mthethwa, 2023
- Genus Diplospinus
- Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948 (Striped escolar)
- Genus Gempylus
- Gempylus serpens G. Cuvier, 1829 (Snake mackerel)
- Genus Nealotus
- Nealotus tripes J. Y. Johnson, 1865 (Black Snake mackerel)
- Genus Nesiarchus
- Nesiarchus nasutus J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Black gemfish)
- Genus Paradiplospinus
- Paradiplospinus antarcticus Andriashev, 1960 (Antarctic escolar)
- Paradiplospinus gracilis (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (Slender escolar)
- Genus Promethichthys
- Promethichthys prometheus (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Roudi escolar)
- Genus Rexea
- Rexea alisae C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 1997
- Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989 (Long-finned escolar)
- Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894) (Bengal escolar)
- Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989 (Short-lined escolar)
- Rexea nakamurai Parin, 1989 (Nakamura's escolar)
- Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856) (Royal escolar)
- Rexea solandri (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Silver gemfish)
- Genus Rexichthys
- Rexichthys johnpaxtoni Parin & Astakhov, 1987 (Paxton’s escolar)
- Genus Thyrsites
- Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) (Snoek)
- Genus Thyrsitoides
- Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929 (Blacksail snake mackerel)
- Genus Thyrsitops
- Thyrsitops lepidopoides (G. Cuvier, 1832) (White Snake Mackerel)
- Genus Tongaichthys
- Tongaichthys robustus I. Nakamura & E. Fujii, 1983 (Tonga escolar)
- Genus Diplospinus
- Subfamily Clade 2 Mthethwa, 2023
- Genus Epinnula
- Epinnula magistralis Poey, 1854
- Epinnula pacifica Ho, Motomura, Hata & Jiang, 2017
- Genus Lepidocybium
- Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (A. Smith, 1843) (Escolar)
- Genus Neoepinnula
- Neoepinnula americana (M. G. Grey, 1953) (American sackfish)
- Neoepinnula minetomai Nakayama, Y. Kimura & Endo, 2014 (Large-eyed sackfish)
- Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Sackfish)
- Genus Ruvettus
- Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833 (Oilfish)
- Genus Epinnula
Related pages
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Gempylidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- "Gempylidae". Encyclopedia.com.
Other websites
- Deep water fish species - Lanzarote Archived 2020-02-08 at the Wayback Machine
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