Gempylidae - Gemfishes

Updated

17/06/22

The Gempylidae family contains the Escolars, Gemfishes, Oilfish and Snake Mackerels. Explore images and fact sheets of the gempylid fishes on the site.

Gemfish images

Juvenile Oilfish, <i>Ruvettus pretiosus</i>

Gempylidae - Gemfishes

Gempylidae - Gemfishes

Gemfish images

Gemfish, Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)

Largehead Hairtail, Trichiurus lepturus Linnaeus, 1758

Fish publications - 1997

Ken Graham specimens

Escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (Smith, 1849)

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Trichiuridae - Frostfishes and Hairtails

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Biochemical genetics and recognition of a western stock of the common gemfish, Rexea solandri (Scombroidea: Gempylidae), in Australia

Snake Mackerel, Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829

Black Snoek, Thyrsitoides marleyi Fowler, 1929

Fishes of Sydney Harbour