Gempylidae

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)
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)

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