gempylid

Definitions of gempylid
  1. noun
    snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
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    types:
    Gempylus serpens, snake mackerel
    predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth
    Lepidocybium flavobrunneum, escolar
    large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
    Ruvettus pretiosus, oilfish
    very large deep-water snake mackerel
    type of:
    percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
    any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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