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 

 Balistomorphus
 Brook silverside
 Brook stickleback
 Pleuropholidae
 Titan triggerfish
 Triggerfish

 References 

 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Gempylidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
 "Gempylidae". Encyclopedia.com.

 Other websites 

 Deep water fish species - Lanzarote 

Category:Ray-finned fish
Category:Scombriformes