Biology:Trachinops

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Trachinops
Trachinops taeniatus.jpg
Trachinops taeniatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Plesiopidae
Subfamily: Plesiopinae
Genus: Trachinops
Günther, 1861
Type species
Trachinops taeniatus
Günther, 1861

Trachinops, the hulafishes, is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Plesiopidae, the longfins or roundheads.

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

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Trachinops in FishBase. June 2018 version.

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