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Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, Georges. 1829. Le Règne Animal distribué d’après son organisation, pour servir de base à l’histoire naturelle des animaux et d’introduction à l’anatomie comparée. In: Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Nouvelle édition rev. et aug. (Cuvier & Latreille, ed.), Déterville & Cochard, Paris. Vol. 2, Edition 2: i-xviii, 1-532.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Perciformes
family
Gempylidae
genus
Gempylus
species
Gempylus serpens

Name

Synonyms
Acinacea notha Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804
Gempylus coluber Cuvier, 1832
Gempylus notha (Bory de St.Vincent, 1804)
Gempylus ophidianus Poey, 1860
Lemnisoma thyrsitoides Lesson, 1831
Muraena compressa Walbaum, 1792
Homonyms
Gempylus serpens Cuvier, 1829
Common names
Balam in Malayalam
Coelho-de-natura in Portuguese
Cá Thu rắn in Vietnamese
Dómine Añii in Spanish
Dómine añil in Spanish
Escolar in Spanish
Escolar in Spanish
Escolar in Portuguese
Escolar de canal in Spanish
Escolar de canal in Spanish
Escolar de canal in Spanish
Escolar de caval in Spanish
Escolar serpente in Portuguese
Escolar serpiente in Spanish
Escolier serpent in French
Escolier serpent in French
Gempyl in Polish
Gempyl in Polish
Gempüül in Estonian
Haūliuli puhi in language.
Koule in language.
Kurotachikamasu in Japanese
Lanceta in Portuguese
Macareala culebra in Spanish
Schlangenmakrele in German
Scolar de canal in Spanish
Slangemakrel in Danish
Slangmakriel in Afrikaans
Slangmakriel in Afrikaans
Snack mackerel in English
Snake Mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Snake mackerel in English
Tetimah tenggiri in Malay
Zmeinaya makrel in Russian
dómine añil in Spanish
escolar de canal in Spanish
snake mackerel in English
ബലം  in Malayalam
ബലാം in Malayalam

Bibliographic References

  1. Claro, Rodolfo, and Lynne R. Parenti / Claro, Rodolfo, Kenyon C. Lindeman, and L. R. Parenti, eds., 2001: Chapter 2: The Marine Ichthyofauna of Cuba. Ecology of the Marine Fishes of Cuba. 21-57.
  2. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2021). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (08/2021).
  3. Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 487 Validation under the Plenary Powers of the generic names Gempylus Cuvier, 1829 (class Pisces) and Acinaces Gerstaecker, 1858 (class Insecta, order Coleoptera).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 17(9), 119-142 (1957)
  5. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  6. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  7. McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  8. Moore, Jon A., Karsten E. Hartel, James E. Craddock, and John K. Galbraith, 2003: An annotated list of deepwater fishes from off the New England region, with new area records. Northeastern Naturalist, vol. 10, no. 2. 159-248.
  9. Nakamura, I. and N.V. Parin, 1997: 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.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis (125), vol. 15.
  10. Nakamura, I., and N. V. Parin, 1993: 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.... FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 15. vii + 136.
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds., 2004: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29. ix + 386.
  12. Parin & Becker 1972, Eschmeter et al. 1983, Pequeño 1989, Nakamura & Parin 1993, Chirichigno & Vélez 1998, Randall & Cea 2011.
  13. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fifth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 20. 183.
  14. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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