Trachichthyidae

Gephyroberyx darwinii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trachichthyoidei

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 Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Berycimorphaceae Ordo: Trachichthyiformes Subordo: Trachichthyoidei

Familia: Trachichthyidae
Genera: Aulotrachichthys – Gephyroberyx – Hoplostethus – †Notoberyx – Optivus – Paratrachichthys – Parinoberyx – †Pepemkay – Sorosichthys – Trachichthys

Overview of species

Trachichthys australis Shaw, 1799
Hoplostethus mediterraneus Cuvier, 1829
Hoplostethus japonicus Hilgendorf, 1879
Hoplostethus mento (Garman, 1899)
Hoplostethus pacificus Garman, 1899
Hoplostethus melanopus (Weber, 1913)
Hoplostethus gigas McCulloch, 1914
Hoplostethus latus McCulloch, 1914
Hoplostethus melanopterus Fowler, 1938
Hoplostethus metallicus Fowler, 1938
Hoplostethus fragilis (de Buen, 1959)
Hoplostethus occidentalis Woods, 1973
Hoplostethus cadenati Quéro, 1974
Hoplostethus confinis Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus crassispinus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus rubellopterus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus shubnikovi Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus tenebricus Kotlyar, 1980
Hoplostethus abramovi Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus druzhinini Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus fedorovi Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus marisrubri Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus mikhailini Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus rifti Kotlyar, 1986
Hoplostethus vniro Kotlyar, 1995
Hoplostethus ravurictus Gomon, 2008
Hoplostethus robustispinus Moore & Dodd, 2010
Hoplostethus grandperrini Roberts & Gomon, 2012
Hoplostethus melanopeza Roberts & Gomon, 2012
Paratrachichthys trailli (Hutton, 1875)
Paratrachichthys macleayi (Johnston, 1881)
Paratrachichthys fernandezianus (Günther, 1887)
Gephyroberyx darwinii (Johnson, 1866)
Gephyroberyx japonicus (Döderlein, 1883)
Aulotrachichthys latus (Fowler, 1938)
Aulotrachichthys prosthemius (Jordan & Fowler, 1902)
Aulotrachichthys argyrophanus (Woods, 1961)
Aulotrachichthys atlanticus (Menezes, 1971)
Aulotrachichthys sajademalensis (Kotlyar, 1979)
Aulotrachichthys novaezelandicus (Kotlyar, 1980)
Aulotrachichthys heptalepis (Gon, 1984)
Aulotrachichthys pulsator Gomon & Kuiter, 1987
Sorosichthys ananassa Whitley, 1945
Optivus elongatus (Günther, 1859)
Optivus agastos Gomon, 2004
Optivus agrammus Gomon, 2004
Parinoberyx horridus Kotlyar, 1984

Source(s) of checklist:
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]

Name

Trachichthyidae

Distribution

Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. [Source: http://www.fishbase.org]

References

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [2]

Vernacular names

English: Slimeheads