Gempylidae
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The Gempylidae are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars. The family includes about 25 species.
Species
snake mackerels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyGempylidae
蛇鯖科又稱帶鰆科，是輻鰭魚綱鱸形目鯖亞目的其中一科。
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scombroidei
- Image
- Ruvettus pretiosus (oilfish).png
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- Gempylidae
- taxon name
- Gempylidae
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- family
- Code of nomenclature
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
- topic's main category
- Category:Gempylidae
- taxon common name
- havgjeddefamilien
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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 long, and the oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) can reach , though they rarely surpass . Like the barracudas, they are predators, with fang-like teeth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gempylidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.