gempylid


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Noun 1. gempylid - snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
family Gempylidae, Gempylidae - snake mackerels
Gempylus serpens, snake mackerel - predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum - large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus - very large deep-water snake mackerel
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The Gempylid, Nesiarchus nasutus from Japan and the Sulu Sea.
First report of the black gemfish Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) in Argentinean waters/Primeiro relatorio do gemfish preto Nesiarchus nasutus (Perciformes: Gempylidae) em aguas argentinas
Flyingfishes, epipelagic cephalopods, tetraodontiform fishes, several mesopelagic fishes, Auxis spp., and gempylid fishes predominated in the diet.
Food habits and consumption rates of common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) in the eastern Pacific Ocean
(2009) suggested that recent increases in abundance of other mid-size mesopredators, including bramids (pomfrets) and gempylids (snake mackerels) in pelagic fisheries operating from Hawaii may be attributed to a reduction in apex predators in this ecosystem.
Vertical distribution, diet, and reproduction of the velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus) in waters off Hawaii