Trachinocephalus
| Trachinocephalus | |
|---|---|
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| Trachinocephalus myops | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Aulopiformes |
| Family: | Synodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Synodontinae |
| Genus: | T. N. Gill, 1861 |
Trachinocephalus is a genus of fishes in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Trachinocephalus atrisignis[1]
- Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco F., Acero P & Betancur-R., 2016 [2]
- Trachinocephalus myops (J. R. Forster, 1801) (blunt-nose lizardfish)
- Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) [2]
References
- ^ Prokofiev, A.M. A New Species of Lizardfishes of Genus Trachinocephalus from the Western Indian Ocean (Synodidae). J. Ichthyol. 59, 414–417 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945219030159
- ^ a b Polanco F., A., Acero P., A. & Betancur-R., R. (2016): No longer a circumtropical species: revision of the lizardfishes in the Trachinocephalus myops species complex, with description of a new species from the Marquesas Islands. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (2): 1302-1323.