Family · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Gempylidae

Snake Mackerels

WoRMS 125536ITIS 172354GBIF 4272key worms:125536

2026-08-05: itis_id 172354 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Russell Engelman · CC BY 4.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Ruvettus pretiosus

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon (a genus page could show the range of its species).

Photograph of Gempylidae — Photo · Gonzalo Mucientes Sandoval · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The Gempylidae are a family of scombriform ray-finned fishes commonly known as snake mackerels or escolars. The family includes about 25 species.W CalCOFI holds 388 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1951 and 2017, as larva, across 7 taxa under it.R

388
observations: 388
records: 22
sampling events: 1951–2017
years: 1
datasets: 6
species under it: larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

Ichthyoplankton 22 obs · 22 events · 1951–2002 · larva
name used: Gempylidae Snake Mackerels · code 590

Under it · 6 taxa

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:125536%22

Gempylidae

Under it · 6 taxa

Ways iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.