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Gempylidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 172354

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): snake mackerels [English]
 
    escolares [Spanish]
 
    escolars [French]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderScombroidei  – ribbonfishes, albacores, bonitos, mackerels, tunas, bonites, germons, maquereaux, thons  
                                  FamilyGempylidae  – snake mackerels, escolares, escolars  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Genus Diplospinus Maul, 1948  
                                     Genus Epinnula Poey, 1854  
                                     Genus Gempylus Cuvier, 1829  
                                     Genus Lepidocybium Gill, 1862  
                                     Genus Nealotus Johnson, 1865  
                                     Genus Neoepinnula Matsubara and Iwai, 1952  
                                     Genus Nesiarchus Johnson, 1862  
                                     Genus Paradiplospinus Andriashev, 1960  
                                     Genus Promethichthys Gill, 1893  
                                     Genus Rexea Waite, 1911  
                                     Genus Rexichthys Parin and Astakhov, 1987  
                                     Genus Ruvettus Cocco, 1833 – escolars 
                                     Genus Thyrsites Lesson, 1831  
                                     Genus Thyrsitoides Fowler, 1929  
                                     Genus Thyrsitops Gill, 1862  
                                     Genus Tongaichthys Nakamura and Fujii, 1983  
       

 References
       
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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Gempylidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2   
  Page(s): 159-248   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1092-6194   
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  Reference for: Gempylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin  
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the world (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An annotated and illustrated catalogue of snake mackerels, snoeks, escolars, gemfishes, sackfishes, domine, oilfish, cutlassfishes, scabbardfishes, hairtails...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15   
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  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
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  Reference for: Gempylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title: Snake Mackerels and Cutlassfishes of the World (Families Gempylidae and Trichiuridae): An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of the Snake Mackerels, Snoeks, Escolars, Gemfishes, Sackfishes, Domine, Oilfish, Cutlassfishes, Scabbardfishes, Hairtails...   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15   
  Page(s): vii + 136   
  Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   
  Publication Place: Rome, Italy   
  ISBN/ISSN: 92-5-103124-X, 0014-5602  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gempylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Gempylidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: escolares[Spanish], escolars [French], snake mackerels [English]   
       

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