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Class: Teleostei
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Gempylidae Snake mackerels

Genus: Neoepinnula

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Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 22 cm SL
Neoepinnula americana (Grey, 1953)

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Neoepinnula americana
[American sackfish]
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Max. Length 32.7 cm SL
 
Neoepinnula minetomai
[Large-eyed sackfish]

Photo by CSIRO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Neoepinnula orientalis (Gilchrist & von Bonde, 1924)

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Neoepinnula orientalis
[Sackfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Neoepinnula americana American sackfish Western Atlantic 22 SL 1953
Neoepinnula minetomai Large-eyed sackfish Northwest Pacific 32.7 SL 2014
Neoepinnula orientalis Sackfish Indo-West Pacific 30 SL 1924



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