Trachinocephalus myops

Trachinocephalus myops (bottom)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synodontoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Synodontoidei

Familia: Synodontidae
Genus: Trachinocephalus
Species: Trachinocephalus myops

Name

Trachinocephalus myops (Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms

• Salmo myops Forster in Bloch & Schneider, 1801
• Osmerus lemniscatus Lacépède, 1803
• Saurus truncatus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
• Saurus limbatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850
• Saurus brevirostris Poey, 1860

Vernacular names

English: Snakefish
polski: traszyna

References

• Template:Bloch,Schneider;1801
• 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. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13038 Reference page. 

Links

• Trachinocephalus myops in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Trachinocephalus myops – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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