Trachichthys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachichthyoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae Ordo: Trachichthyiformes Subordo: Trachichthyoidei

Familia: Trachichthyidae
Genus: Trachichthys

Species (1): T. australis

Name

• Trachichthys Shaw, 1799: pl. 378
  • Gender: masculine.
  • Type species: Trachichthys australis Shaw, 1799.
    • Fixation: type by monotypy.

Etymology

• Trachichthys comes from Ancient Greek τραχύς (trakhús), meaning "rough", and ἰχθύς (ikhthús), meaning "fish".

References

Primary references

• Shaw, G. & Nodder, P.F. 1799. The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. Nodder & Co., London., unnumbered pages. BHL

Links

• Trachichthys George Shaw, 1799 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Trachichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2026. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Trachichthys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.