Silver gemfish
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| image = Rexea solandri.jpg
| taxon = Rexea solandri
| authority = (G. Cuvier, 1832)
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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 {{convert|100|and|800|m|ft}}, though mostly between {{convert|300|and|450|m|ft}}. This species can reach a length of up to {{convert|110|cm|in}} SL and a maximum weight of {{convert|16|kg|lb}} has been recorded. This species is important to local commercial fisheries.{{FishBase |genus= Rexea|species= solandri| month = April | year = 2013}}
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External links
- [http://fishbase.org/Photos/PicturesSummary.php?ID=8490&what=species Photograph]
{{Non-Endemic Marine Fish of New Zealand}}
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Category:Fish described in 1832
Category:Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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