Snake mackerel
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Snake mackerel are perciform fishes in the family Gempylidae.
They are elongate fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas, having a long dorsal fin, usually with one or finlets trailing it. The largest species, including the snoek, Thyrsites atun, grow up to two metres long.
They are deep-water benthopelagic fishes, and several species are important commercial and game fishes.
[edit] Species
There are 24 species in sixteen genera:
- Genus Diplospinus
- Striped escolar, Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948.
- Genus Epinnula
- Genus Gempylus
- Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829.
- Genus Lepidocybium
- Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1843).
- Genus Nealotus
- Black snake mackerel, Nealotus tripes Johnson, 1865.
- Genus Neoepinnula
- American sackfish, Neoepinnula americana (Grey, 1953).
- Sackfish, Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924).
- Genus Nesiarchus
- Black gemfish, Nesiarchus nasutus Johnson, 1862.
Black gemfish, Nesiarchus nasutus
- Black gemfish, Nesiarchus nasutus Johnson, 1862.
- Genus Paradiplospinus
- Antarctic escolar, Paradiplospinus antarcticus Andriashev, 1960.
- Slender escolar, Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer, 1906).
- Genus Promethichthys
- Roudi escolar, Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832).
Roudi escolar, Promethichthys prometheus
- Roudi escolar, Promethichthys prometheus (Cuvier, 1832).
- Genus Rexea
- Rexea alisae Roberts & Stewart, 1997.
- Long-finned escolar, Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989.
- Bengal escolar, Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894).
- Short-lined escolar, Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989.
- Nakamura's escolar, Rexea nakamurai Parin, 1989.
- Royal escolar, Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856).
- Silver gemfish or Gemfish, Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832).
- Genus Rexichthys
- Paxton's escolar, Rexichthys johnpaxtoni Parin & Astakhov, 1987.
- Genus Ruvettus
- Oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833.
- Genus Thyrsites
- Snoek, Thyrsites atun (Euphrasen, 1791).
- Genus Thyrsitoides
- Black snoek, Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929.
- Genus Thyrsitops
- White snake mackerel, Thyrsitops lepidopoides (Cuvier, 1832).
- Genus Tongaichthys
- Tonga escolar, Tongaichthys robustus Nakamura & Fujii, 1983.
The longfin escolar, Scombrolabrax heterolepis, was formerly classified in this family, but it is now placed in its own family Scombrolabracidae.
[edit] References
- "Gempylidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. February 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
