Gempylus Cuvier, 1829
Gender: M; Règne anim., ed. II, 2: 200
Type: Gempylus serpens Cuvier, by monotypy.
Synonyms
Acinacea Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1804, Vog. princ. îles mers Afr.: 93 (type: Acinacea notha Bory de Saint-Vincent, by monotypy); nomen oblitum, see Off. list. rej. inval. names, 1958: 106.
Zyphothyca Swainson, 1839, Nat. Hist. Classif. Fish...., 2: 174, 239 (type: Gempylus coluber Cuvier, by orig. design.)
Leucoscombrus Van der Hoeven, 1858, Handbook Zool., 2: 161 (type: Gempylus serpens Cuvier) [from Van der Hoeven, 1855]