gempylid

gempylid

English

Gempylus serpens

Noun

gempylid (plural gempylids)

1. (zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
   • 1998, The Museum, Contributions in Science, Issues 469-480, page 4,

     He also placed Lepidocybium Gill 1862 as the sister group of all the other gempylids and trichiurids.

   • 2000, F. J. Gago, J. M. Leis, T. Trnski, 111: Trichiuridae, Jeffrey Martin Leis, Brooke M. Carson-Ewart (editors), The Larvae of Indo-Pacific Coastal Fishes, page 704,

     The larvae most likely to be confused with trichiurids are paralepidids and gempylids.

   • 2002, S. S. Deshpande, Handbook of Food Toxicology‎, page 696:

     The gempylids, or snake mackerels, are a small group of predatory oceanic or pelagic fish.

Synonyms

• (any species of Gempylidae): escolar, snake mackerel

Related terms

• gempylotoxic