Deep-Sea taxon details
Gempylidae Gill, 1862
Genus Dicrotus Günther, 1860 accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893
Genus Diplospinus Maul, 1948
Genus Epinnula Poey, 1854
Genus Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Leionura Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Thyrsites Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
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 Prometichthys accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
Genus Rexea Waite, 1911
Genus Ruvettus Cocco, 1833
Genus Thyrsites Lesson, 1831
Genus Thyrsitops Gill, 1862
Genus Tongaichthys Nakamura & Fujii, 1983
Genus Diplospinus Maul, 1948
Genus Epinnula Poey, 1854
Genus Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
Genus Leionura Bleeker, 1859 accepted as Thyrsites Lesson, 1831 (synonym)
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 Prometichthys accepted as Promethichthys Gill, 1893 (misspelling)
Genus Rexea Waite, 1911
Genus Ruvettus Cocco, 1833
Genus Thyrsites Lesson, 1831
Genus Thyrsitops Gill, 1862
Genus Tongaichthys Nakamura & Fujii, 1983
marine, brackish
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. (2021). FishBase. Gempylidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: http://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125536 on 2022-08-12
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2022). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Gempylidae Gill, 1862. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125536 on 2022-08-12
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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 
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). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
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)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gempylidae RAD111130-001)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Gempylidae RAD111130-001)
To ITIS
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| To NMNH Extant Coll... [hosted externally] | |
