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Snake Mackerels
Gempylidae
The Gempylidae are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars. The family includes about 25 species.
They are elongated 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 (Leionura atun), grow up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) long, and the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) can reach 3 m (9.8 ft), though they rarely surpass 150 cm (59 in). Like the barracudas, they are predators, with fang-like teeth.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 25 known species
Thyrsites
genusThyrsites
Ruvettus
genusRuvettus
Gempylus
genusGempylus
Promethichthys
genusPromethichthys
Nealotus
genusNealotus
Thyrsitoides
genusThyrsitoides
Rexea
genusRexea
Nesiarchus
genusNesiarchus
Neoepinnula
genusNeoepinnula
Epinnula
genusEpinnula
Tongaichthys
genusTongaichthys
Rexichthys
genusRexichthys
Diplospinus
genusDiplospinus
Paradiplospinus
genusParadiplospinus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47268.