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Trachinocephalus

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Trachinocephalus
Trachinocephalus myops
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Aulopiformes
Family: Synodontidae
Subfamily: Synodontinae
Genus: Trachinocephalus
T. N. Gill, 1861

Trachinocephalus is a genus of fishes in the family Synodontidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Species

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There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

References

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  1. ^ Prokofiev, A.M. A New Species of Lizardfishes of Genus Trachinocephalus from the Western Indian Ocean (Synodidae). J. Ichthyol. 59, 414–417 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945219030159
  2. ^ a b 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.