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Gempylidae

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Noun1.Gempylidae - snake mackerels
family 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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Fish lost at sea: the effect of soak time on pelagic longline catches by Faust, Frederick; Myers, Ransom A.; Blanchard, Wade / Fishery Bulletin
Snake mackerels and cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae).
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First record of a yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from the stomach ... by Romanov, Evgeny V.; Zamorov, Veniamin V. / Fishery Bulletin
 
 
 
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