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Definition of Gempylus serpens
1. Noun. Predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth.
Group relationships: Family Gempylidae, Gempylidae
Generic synonyms: Gempylid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gempylus Serpens
Literary usage of Gempylus serpens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"Cuba, II, 1856-58 (1861), p. 246, PI. 18, fig. 1 (head). Cuba.. gempylus serpens
Cuvier, 1. c. (Based on Serpens marinus, etc. Sloane Voy. Jam., I, 1707, p. ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1834)
"2 Ancient name of an unknown fish. 3 gempylus serpens, C., or Serpens marinus
compressus lividus, Sloane i. 1. f. 2. ..."
3. Records of the Australian Museum by Australian Museum (1896)
"gempylus serpens, Cuvier and Valenciennes. The example now recorded was obtained
per Mr. Icely in May 1893, and measures 670 mm. in length. ..."
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