Silver gemfish

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| image = Rexea solandri.jpg

| taxon = Rexea solandri

| authority = (G. Cuvier, 1832)

| synonyms =

  • Gempylus solandri G. Cuvier, 1832
  • Thyrsites micropus McCoy, 1873
  • Rexea furcifera Waite, 1911

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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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