snake mackerel

fish
Also known as: Gempylidae

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annotated classification

  • bluefin tuna
    In perciform: Annotated classification

    Family Gempylidae (snake mackerels) Eocene to present. Elongated, laterally compressed; mouth large, with large, cutting teeth; spinous part of dorsal fin longer than soft-rayed part, the latter often broken up into finlets posteriorly; pelvic fins usually not rudimentary. Some 24 species; tropical and temperate seas; down to…

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