Genera that contain: Gempylus [ 5 ] records

Gempylus Cuvier [G.] 1829:200 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] 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.

Lemnisoma Lesson [R. P.] 1831:160 [Voyage autour du monde Zool. v. 2 (pt 1); ref. 2776] Neut. Lemnisoma thyrsitoides Lesson 1831. Type by monotypy. Lemniscosoma Agassiz 1846:204 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. •Synonym of Gempylus Cuvier 1829 -- (Nakamura & Parin 1993:27 [ref. 21769]). Current status: Synonym of Gempylus Cuvier 1829. Gempylidae.

Prometheus Lowe [R. T.] 1838:181 [Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14); ref. 2831] Masc. Prometheus atlanticus Lowe 1838 (= Gempylus prometheus Cuvier 1831). Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Prometheus Hübner 1824 in Lepidoptera; replaced by Promethichthys Gill 1893. •In the synonymy of Promethichthys Gill 1893 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:459 [ref. 7206], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:251 [ref. 7348], Nakamura & Parin 1993:40 [ref. 21769]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Promethichthys Gill 1893. Gempylidae.

Promethichthys Gill [T. N.] 1893:115, 123 [Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences v. 6 (mem. 5); ref. 1736] Masc. Prometheus atlanticus Lowe 1838 (= Gempylus prometheus Cuvier 1831). Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Prometheus Lowe 1841, preoccupied by Prometheus Hübner 1824 in Lepidoptera Cossoidea. Spelled Prometheichthys by Jordan, Tanaka & Snyder 1913:122 [ref. 6448]. •Valid as Promethichthys Gill 1893 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:459 [ref. 7206], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:251 [ref. 7348], Fujii in Uyeno et al. 1983:409 [ref. 14275], Collette et al. 1984:600 [ref. 11421], Nakamura in Masuda et al. 1984:227 [ref. 6441], Parin in Whitehead et al. 1986:971 [ref. 13676], Nakamura & Parin 1993:40 [ref. 21769], Nakamura & Parin 2001:3700 [ref. 26304], Parin & Nakamura 2003:1815 [ref. 27115], Bray & Hoese 2006:1756 [ref. 29049], Motomura et al. 2017:209 [ref. 35490], Fricke et al. 2018:360 [ref. 35805], Brown et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36444], Fricke et al. 2019:310 [ref. 36673]). Current status: Valid as Promethichthys Gill 1893. Gempylidae.

Zyphothyca Swainson [W.] 1839:174, 239 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Fem. Gempylus coluber Cuvier 1832. Type by monotypy. •Synonym of Gempylus Cuvier 1829 -- (Parin & Bekker 1973:457 [ref. 7206], Nakamura & Parin 1993:27 [ref. 21769]). Current status: Synonym of Gempylus Cuvier 1829. Gempylidae.