gempylid

English

Gempylus serpens

Noun

gempylid (plural gempylids)

1. (zoology) Any fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
   • 1998, The Museum, Contributions in Science, numbers 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”, in 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^[1], 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