Meanings
plural gempylids
- biologyAny fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
The larvae most likely to be confused with trichiurids are paralepidids and gempylids.
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 7042 more examples
He also placed Lepidocybium Gill 1862 as the sister group of all the other gempylids and trichiurids.
1998, The Museum, Contributions in Science, numbers 469-480, page 4The gempylids, or snake mackerels, are a small group of predatory oceanic or pelagic fish.
2002, S. S. Deshpande, Handbook of Food Toxicology, page 696Synonyms: escolar, snake mackerel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny fish of the escolar family, Gempylidae.
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