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Gempylidae Gill, 1862

125536  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125536)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Scombriformes (Order)
  11. Gempylidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Diplospinus Maul, 1948
  2. Genus Epinnula Poey, 1854
  3. Genus Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
  4. Genus Lepidocybium Gill, 1862
  5. Genus Nealotus Johnson, 1865
  6. Genus Neoepinnula Matsubara & Iwai, 1952
  7. Genus Nesiarchus Johnson, 1862
  8. Genus Paradiplospinus Andriashev, 1960
  9. Genus Promethichthys Gill, 1893
  10. Genus Rexea Waite, 1911
  11. Genus Rexichthys Parin & Astakhov, 1987
  12. Genus Ruvettus Cocco, 1833
  13. Genus Thyrsites Lesson, 1831
  14. Genus Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929
  15. Genus Thyrsitops Gill, 1862
  16. Genus Tongaichthys Nakamura & Fujii, 1983
  17. Genus Acinacea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804 accepted as Gempylus Cuvier, 1829 (Suppressed by ICZN)
  18. Genus Bipinnula Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Nesiarchus Johnson, 1862
  19. Genus Dicrotus Günther, 1860 accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893
  20. Genus Diplogonurus Noronha, 1926 accepted as Lepidocybium Gill, 1862
  21. Genus Escolar Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Nesiarchus Johnson, 1862
  22. Genus Jordanidia Snyder, 1911 accepted as Rexea Waite, 1911
  23. Genus Leionura Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Thyrsites Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
  24. Genus Lemnisoma Lesson, 1831 accepted as Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
  25. Genus Lepidosarda Kishinouye, 1926 accepted as Lepidocybium Gill, 1862
  26. Genus Machaerope Ogilby, 1899 accepted as Nealotus Johnson, 1865
  27. Genus Mimasea Kamohara, 1936 accepted as Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929
  28. Genus Neolatus accepted as Nealotus Johnson, 1865 (misspelling)
  29. Genus Prometheus Lowe, 1838 accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893
  30. Genus Promethychthis accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
  31. Genus Promethycthus accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
  32. Genus Prometichthys accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
  33. Genus Reyea accepted as Rexea Waite, 1911 (misspelling)
  34. Genus Rovetus accepted as Ruvettus Cocco, 1833 (misspelling)
  35. Genus Thrysitoides accepted as Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929 (misspelling)
  36. Genus Thyrisitoides accepted as Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929 (misspelling)
  37. Genus Thyristoides accepted as Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  38. Genus Xenogramma Waite, 1904 accepted as Lepidocybium Gill, 1862
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Usually found in very deep waters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Body elongate; compressed. Exposed maxilla....  
Description Usually found in very deep waters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Body elongate; compressed. Exposed maxilla. Usually with isolated finlets after anal and dorsal fins. Pectoral fin inserted low on body. Pelvic fins lacking or very small. Caudal fin present.  [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Gempylidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125536 on 2024-11-26
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van der Land, Jacob
2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2021-06-30 08:41:38Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Description Usually found in very deep waters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical seas. Body elongate; compressed. Exposed maxilla. Usually with isolated finlets after anal and dorsal fins. Pectoral fin inserted low on body. Pelvic fins lacking or very small. Caudal fin present.  [details]
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LanguageName 
English snake mackerels  [details]
Japanese クロタチカマス科  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål havgjeddefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk havgjeddefamilien  [details]
Swedish havsgäddfiskar  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gempylidae) 
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gempylidae RAD111130-001) 
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