family Gempylidae


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Noun1.family Gempylidae - snake mackerels
Gempylidae
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
gempylid - snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
Gempylus, genus Gempylus - type genus of the Gempylidae
Gempylus serpens, snake mackerel - predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
genus Lepidocybium, Lepidocybium - a genus of Gempylidae
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The family Gempylidae comprises sixteen genera (Diplospinus, Epinnula, Gempylus, Lepidocybium, Nealotus, Neoepinnula, Nesiarchus, Paradiplospinus, Promethichthys, Rexea, Rexichthys, Ruvrttus, Thyrsites, Thyrsitoides, Thyrsitops and Tongaichthys) and 24 species (Nakamura and Parin, 1993; Roberts and Stewart, 1997; Nelson, 2006).
First report of the black gemfish Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in Argentinean waters/Primeiro relatorio do gemfish preto Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) em aguas argentinas
F 4.12 Family Hemiramphidae F 4.12 Oxyporhamphus micropterus F 4.12 Order Perciformes Family Echeneidae MiF 3.77 Rhombochirus osteochir MiF 3.77 Family Coryphaenidae Co 5.29 Coryphaena equiselis Co 5.29 Coryphaena hippurus Co 5.29 Family Carangidae Ca 5.29 Naucrates ductor Ca 5.29 Family Gempylidae G 5.29 Gempylus serpens G 5.29 Family Scombridae MiF 5.29 Acanthocybium solandri MiF 5.29 Auxis spp.
Food habits and consumption rates of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the eastern Pacific Ocean

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