Sea gemfish
Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Rexea solandri, the silver gemfish, is a species of snake mackerel found in the southwestern Pacific Ocean around Australia and New Zealand with reports of possible records from Madagascar and Japan. Gemfish appear as infrequent, but regular bycatch species in pelagic longline fisheries for tuna in the waters around the Hawaiian archipelago and American Samoa. This species occurs in schools at depths of between 100 and 800 metres (330 and 2,620 ft), though mostly between 300 and 450 metres (980 and 1,480 ft). This species can reach a length of up to 110 centimetres (43 in) SL and a maximum weight of 16 kilograms (35 lb) has been recorded. This species is important to local commercial fisheries.
Wikipedia contributors, Silver gemfish; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:38.049309+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Cuvier, 1832)
- Common name
- Sea gemfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Scombriformes
- Family
- Gempylidae
- Genus
- Rexea
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderScombriformes
- familyGempylidae Gill, 1862
- genusRexea Waite, 1911
- speciesRexea solandri (Cuvier, 1832)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rexea. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bengal escolarRexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894) | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nakamura's escolarRexea nakamurai Parin, 1989 | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| royal escolarRexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856) | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rexea alisae Roberts & Stewart, 1997 | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989 | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989 | GempylidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Gempylus solandri Cuvier, 1832 Cuvier, 1832 | synonym |
| Rexea furcifera Waite, 1911 Waite, 1911 | synonym |
| Thyrsites micropus McCoy, 1873 McCoy, 1873 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276890 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4RV5B. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.