Gempylidae

Also known as: Slangemakrelfamilien, Slangemakreller, Snake mackerels, escolares, escolars, gempylowate, havgjeddefamilien, havsgäddefiskar

Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Perciformes
Family	Gempylidae
Habitat	MARINE
Genera	21
Species records held	39
Descendant taxa (GBIF)	100
GBIF key	4272

Genera in Gempylidae

Rexea — 7 species: Rexea alisae, Rexea antefurcata, Rexea bengalensis, Rexea brevilineata, Rexea nakamurai, Rexea prometheoides, Rexea solandri
Thyrsites — 5 species: Thyrsites atun, Thyrsites japonicus, Thyrsites kriegeri, Thyrsites lepidopodea, Thyrsites niger
Epinnula — 3 species: Epinnula magistralis, Epinnula pacifica, Epinnula rex
Neoepinnula — 3 species: Neoepinnula americana, Neoepinnula minetomai, Neoepinnula orientalis
Abadzekhia — 2 species: Abadzekhia marinae, Abadzekhia tarletskovi
Gempylus — 2 species: Gempylus ammodytes, Gempylus serpens
Paradiplospinus — 2 species: Paradiplospinus antarcticus, Paradiplospinus gracilis
Thyrsitoides — 2 species: Thyrsitoides marleyi, Thyrsitoides zarathoustrae
Chelifichthys — 1 species: Chelifichthys goujeti
Diplospinus — 1 species: Diplospinus multistriatus
Gempylidarum — 1 species: Gempylidarum merus
Hemithyrsites — 1 species: Hemithyrsites maicopicus
Lepidocybium — 1 species: Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
Nealotus — 1 species: Nealotus tripes
Nesiarchus — 1 species: Nesiarchus nasutus
Progempylus — 1 species: Progempylus edwardsi
Promethichthys — 1 species: Promethichthys prometheus
Rexichthys — 1 species: Rexichthys johnpaxtoni
Ruvettus — 1 species: Ruvettus pretiosus
Thyrsitops — 1 species: Thyrsitops lepidopoides
Tongaichthys — 1 species: Tongaichthys robustus

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Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.

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