Snake Mackerels - Family: Gempylidae
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Striped Escolar - Diplospinosus multistriatus
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Snake Mackerel - Gempylus serpens
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Escolar - Lepidocybium flavobrunneum
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Black Snake Mackerel - Neolatus tripes
Black Gemfish - Nesiarchus nasutus
Single-line Gemfish - Promethichthys prometheus
Long-fin Gemfish - Rexea antefurcata
Small Gemfish - Rexea bengalensis
Royal Gemfish - Rexea prometheoides
Gemfish - Rexea solandri
Paxton's Gemfish - Rexichthys johnpaxtoni
Oilfish - Ruvettus pretiosus
Black Snoek - Thyrsitoides marleyi
Taxonomy:
Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
> Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
> Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
> Superorder: Acanthomorpha (Spiny-rayed Fishes
> Order: Scombriformes (Mackerels, Tunas, Butterfishes and Allies)
> Suborder: Scombroidei (Mackerels, Tunas, Australian Salmons and Allies)
> Family: Gempylidae (Snake Mackerels)
> Genus: Diplospinosus
> Species: D. multistriatus - Striped Escolar
> Genus: Gempylus
> Species: G. serpens - Snake Mackerel
> Genus: Lepidocybium
> Species: L. flavobrunneum - Escolar
> Genus: Nealotus
> Species: N. tripes - Black Snake Mackerel
> Genus: Nesiarchus
> Species: N. nasutus - Black Gemfish
> Genus: Promethichthys
> Species: P. prometheus - Single-line Gemfish
> Genus: Rexea
> Species: R. antefurcata - Long-fin Gemfish
> Species: R. bengalensis - Small Gemfish
> Species: R. prometheoides - Royal Gemfish
> Species: R. solandri - Gemfish
> Genus: Rexichthys
> Species: R. johnpaxtoni - Paxton's Gemfish
> Genus: Ruvettus
> Species: R. pretiosus - Oilfish
> Genus: Thyrsitoides
> Species: T. marleyi - Black Snoek
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