WoRMS taxon details
Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862
- Genus Atrophacanthus Fraser-Brunner, 1950
- Genus Bathyphylax Myers, 1934
- Genus Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899
- Genus Hollardia Poey, 1861
- Genus Johnsonina Myers, 1934
- Genus Macrorhamphosodes Fowler, 1934
- Genus Mephisto Tyler, 1966
- Genus Parahollardia Fraser-Brunner, 1941
- Genus Paratriacanthodes Fowler, 1934
- Genus Triacanthodes Bleeker, 1857
- Genus Tydemania Weber, 1913
- Genus Halimochirugus Alcock, 1899 accepted as Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Halimochirus Alcock, 1899 accepted as Halimochirurgus Alcock, 1899 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Triacanthoides Bleeker, 1857 accepted as Triacanthodes Bleeker, 1857 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate...
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate caudal fin. Rays in dorsal fin 12-18. Anal fin with 11-16 rays. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Triacanthodidae Gill, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154172 on 2025-12-08
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Benthic, in deepwaters. Distribution: tropical and subtropical western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. Rounded to truncate caudal fin. Rays in dorsal fin 12-18. Anal fin with 11-16 rays. [details]
