Family Gempylidae - Snake mackerels
  Order
:
Gempylidae Gempylidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 16 | Species : 26 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
none
  First Fossil Record
:
lower   Tertiary     Eocene
Ref..   Berg, L.S. 1958
  Remark
:
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.
  Etymology
:
Greek, gempylos = a kind of fish ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Pelagiaria | | | Scombriformes | | | Gempylidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Gempylidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
acceptedseniororiginal
Muraena compressa Walbaum, 1792
synonymjuniororiginal
Acinacea notha Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804
synonymotheroriginal
Gempylus notha (Bory de St. Vincent, 1804)
synonymothernew
synonymjuniororiginal
Gempylus coluber Cuvier, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
acceptedseniornew
Scomber atun Euphrasen, 1791
synonymseniororiginal
Leionura atun (Euphrasen, 1791)
synonymseniornew
Scomber dentatus Forster, 1801
synonymjuniororiginal
Leionura atun dentatus (Forster, 1801)
synonymjuniornew
Thyrsites chilensis Cuvier, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
Scomber lanceolatus Cuvier, 1832
synonymjuniororiginal
Thyrsites altivelis Richardson, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
Scomber dentex Forster, 1843
ambiguoushomonymoriginal
Scomber splendens Richardson, 1843
ambiguousotheroriginal
Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833
acceptedseniororiginal
! Ruvettus preciosus Cocco, 1833
synonymseniororiginal
Rovetus temminckii Cantraine, 1833
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Ruvettus tydemani Weber, 1913
synonymjuniororiginal
Ruvettus pacificus Jordan & Jordan, 1922
synonymjuniororiginal
Ruvettus delagoensis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
synonymjuniororiginal
Ruvettus whakari Griffin, 1927
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Epinnula pacifica Ho, Motomura, Hata & Jiang, 2017
acceptedseniororiginal
Epinnula magistralis (non Poey, 1854)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Lepidosarda retigramma Kishinouye, 1926
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Nesiarchus nasutus Johnson, 1862
acceptedseniororiginal
Prometheus paradoxus de Brito Capello, 1867
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Bipinnula violacea (Bean, 1887)
synonymjuniornew
Escolar violaceus (Bean, 1887)
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
! Thyrsitops lepidopodes (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
Nealotus tripes Johnson, 1865
acceptedseniororiginal
! Neolatus tripes Johnson, 1865
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
! Machaerope latispinus Ogilby, 1899
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Gempylus prometheus Cuvier, 1832
synonymseniororiginal
Thyrsites prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
! Promethychthis prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
! Promethycthus prometeus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
! Promethycthus prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
! Prometichthys prometeus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
! Prometichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Dicrotus armatus Günther, 1860
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
Thyrsites ballieui Sauvage, 1882
synonymjuniororiginal
Dicrotus parvipinnis Goode & Bean, 1896
ambiguousquestionableoriginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Promethichthys solandri Jordan, Evermann & Tanaka, 1927
synonymjuniororiginal
Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
acceptedseniornew
Gempylus solandri Cuvier, 1832
synonymseniororiginal
Thyrsites micropus McCoy, 1873
synonymjuniororiginal
Rexea furcifera Waite, 1911
synonymjuniororiginal
Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Jordanidia prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
! Rexea promethoides (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
! Reyea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856)
synonymseniornew
Jordanidia raptoria Snyder, 1911
synonymjuniororiginal
Rexea solandri (non Cuvier, 1832)
misappliedmisappliednew
Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Rexea nakamurai Parin, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Rexea alisae Roberts & Stewart, 1997
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
! Thrysitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929
synonymseniororiginal
! Thyrisitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929
synonymseniororiginal
! Thyristoides marleyi Fowler, 1929
synonymseniororiginal
Mimasea taeniosoma Kamohara, 1936
synonymjuniororiginal
Thyrsitoides jordanus Ajiad, Jafari & Mahasneh, 1987
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Benthodesmus atlanticus (non Goode & Bean, 1896)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)
acceptedseniornew
Epinnula orientalis Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Neoepinnula minetomai Nakayama, Kimura & Endo, 2014
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Paradiplospinus gracilis (non Brauer, 1906)
misappliedmisappliednew
acceptedseniornew
Lepidopus gracilis Brauer, 1906
synonymseniororiginal
Diplospinus gracilis (Brauer, 1906)
synonymseniornew
Paradiplospinus antarcticus (non Andriashev, 1960)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Tongaichthys robustus Nakamura & Fujii, 1983
acceptedseniororiginal
Rexichthys johnpaxtoni Parin & Astakhov, 1987
acceptedseniororiginal
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