Trachinops
Trachinops, the hulafishes, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Plesiopidae, the longfins or roundheads.
Trachinops | |
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Trachinops taeniatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Family: | Plesiopidae |
Subfamily: | Plesiopinae |
Genus: | Trachinops Günther, 1861 |
Type species | |
Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861 |
Species
There are four recognised species in the genus:[1]
- Trachinops brauni Allen, 1977 (Bluelined hulafish)
- Trachinops caudimaculatus McCoy, 1890 (Southern hulafish)
- Trachinops noarlungae Glover, 1974 (Yellowhead hulafish)
- Trachinops taeniatus Günther, 1861 ( Eastern hulafish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Trachinops in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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