Rexea

Short description: Genus of fishes

Rexea

Rexea bengalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Scombriformes
Family:  | Gempylidae
Genus:  | Rexea
Waite, 1911
Type species
Rexea furcifera

Waite, 1911

Synonyms

Jordanidia Snyder, 1911

Rexea is a genus of snake mackerels found in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It feeds on fishes, crustaceans and cephalopods.[1]

## Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

* Rexea alisae C. D. Roberts & A. L. Stewart, 1997
* Rexea antefurcata Parin, 1989 (Long-finned escolar)
* Rexea bengalensis (Alcock, 1894) (Bengal escolar)
* Rexea brevilineata Parin, 1989 (Short-lined escolar)
* Rexea nakamurai Parin, 1989 (Nakamura's escolar)
* Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856) (Royal escolar)
* Rexea solandri (G. Cuvier, 1832) (Silver gemfish)

## References

1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rexea prometheoides (Bleeker, 1856)" (in en). http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219695.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Rexea in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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