Deep-Sea taxon details
Gempylidae Gill, 1862
- Genus Diplospinus Maul, 1948
- Genus Epinnula Poey, 1854
- Genus Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
- Genus Lepidocybium Gill, 1862
- Genus Nealotus Johnson, 1865
- Genus Neoepinnula Matsubara & Iwai, 1952
- Genus Nesiarchus Johnson, 1862
- Genus Paradiplospinus Andriashev, 1960
- Genus Promethichthys Gill, 1893
- Genus Rexea Waite, 1911
- Genus Ruvettus Cocco, 1833
- Genus Thyrsites Lesson, 1831
- Genus Thyrsitops Gill, 1862
- Genus Tongaichthys Nakamura & Fujii, 1983
- Genus Dicrotus Günther, 1860 accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893
- Genus Leionura Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Thyrsites Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
- Genus Prometichthys accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
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. (2025). FishBase. Gempylidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125536 on 2025-12-14
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gempylidae Gill, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125536 on 2025-12-14
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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 
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). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
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). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., 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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gempylidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gempylidae RAD111130-001)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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