The Gempylidae are a family of fishes that are called snake mackerels . They belong in the order Scombriformes . The family includes about 25 species.
Snake mackerel
These creatures are elongated fishes with a similar appearance to barracudas , having a long dorsal fin just like them. However, they are smaller. They have fangs like a barracuda .The largest species, including the snoek (Thyrsites atun ), grow up to 2 m long, and the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus ) can reach 3 m.
Subfamily Clade 1 Mthethwa, 2023
Genus Diplospinus
Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948 (Striped escolar)
Genus Gempylus
Genus Nealotus
Nealotus tripes J. Y. Johnson, 1865 (Black Snake mackerel)
Genus Nesiarchus
Nesiarchus nasutus J. Y. Johnson, 1862 (Black gemfish)
Genus Paradiplospinus
Paradiplospinus antarcticus Andriashev, 1960 (Antarctic escolar)
Paradiplospinus gracilis (A. B. Brauer, 1906) (Slender escolar)
Genus Promethichthys
Promethichthys prometheus (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Roudi escolar)
Genus Rexea
Rexea alisae C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 1997
Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989 (Long-finned escolar)
Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894) (Bengal escolar)
Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989 (Short-lined escolar)
Rexea nakamurai Parin, 1989 (Nakamura's escolar)
Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856) (Royal escolar)
Rexea solandri (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Silver gemfish)
Genus Rexichthys
Rexichthys johnpaxtoni Parin & Astakhov, 1987 (Paxton’s escolar)
Genus Thyrsites
Thyrsites atun (Euphrasén, 1791) (Snoek)
Genus Thyrsitoides
Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929 (Blacksail snake mackerel)
Genus Thyrsitops
Thyrsitops lepidopoides (G. Cuvier, 1832) (White Snake Mackerel)
Genus Tongaichthys
Tongaichthys robustus I. Nakamura & E. Fujii, 1983 (Tonga escolar)
Subfamily Clade 2 Mthethwa, 2023
Genus Epinnula
Epinnula magistralis Poey, 1854
Epinnula pacifica Ho, Motomura, Hata & Jiang, 2017
Genus Lepidocybium
Genus Neoepinnula
Neoepinnula americana (M. G. Grey, 1953) (American sackfish)
Neoepinnula minetomai Nakayama, Y. Kimura & Endo, 2014 (Large-eyed sackfish)
Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924) (Sackfish)
Genus Ruvettus
Ruvettus pretiosus Cocco, 1833 (Oilfish)
Oilfish
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Gempylidae" in FishBase . April 2013 version.
"Gempylidae". Encyclopedia.com .