Gempylus Cuvier [G.] 1829:200 Masc. Gempylus serpens Cuvier 1829. Type by monotypy. As "Les Gempyles," but with genus latinized in footnote. On Official List (Opinion 487). Lucoscombrus van der Hoeven 1855:267 placed on Official Index as a junior objective synonym (Opinion 487). •Valid as Gempylus Cuvier 1829 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:457 [ref. 7206], Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:227 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:968 [ref. 13676], Nakamura 1986:826 [ref. 5696], Nakamura & Parin 1993:27 [ref. 21769], Gago 1998:10 [ref. 25565], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3701 [ref. 26304], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1814 [ref. 27115], Bray & Hoese 2006:1754 [ref. 29049], Stewart 2015:1606 [ref. 34196], Motomura et al. 2017:209 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:360 [ref. 35805]). Current status: Valid as Gempylus Cuvier 1829. Gempylidae.