Gempylidae
Gempylidae is a family of perciform fishes, commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars.
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. Like the barracudas, they are predators, with fang-like teeth.
They are deep-water benthopelagic fishes, and several species are important commercial and game fishes.
Species
There are 24 species in sixteen genera: Genus Diplospinus
Striped escolar, Diplospinus multistriatus Maul, 1948.
Genus Epinnula
Domine, Epinnula magistralis Poey, 1854.
Genus Gempylus
Snake mackerel, 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.]
Genus Paradiplospinus
Antarctic escolar, Paradiplospinus antarcticus Andriashev, 1960.
Slender escolar, Paradiplospinus gracilis (Brauer, 1906).
Genus Promethichthys
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.
Translation
The word "Gempylidae" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian.
Translation(s) in other languages: German: Schlangenmakrelen, Lithuanian: Gyvatinės skumbrės, Dutch: Slangmakrelen, Polish: Gempylowate, Swedish: Havsgäddfiskar, Chinese: 蛇鯖.
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