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Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861

AphiaID

158883 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158883)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)

Parent

Synodontidae Gill, 1861

Original name

Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861

Synonymised names

Goodella Ogilby, 1897 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trachynocephalus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Trichinocephalus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Trachinocephalus atrisignis Prokofiev, 2019
Species Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco Fernandez, Acero P. & Betancur-R., 2016
Species Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)
Species Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Trachinocephalus brevirostris (Poey, 1860) accepted as Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)
Species Trachinocephalus hypozona (Ogilby, 1897) accepted as Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Species Trachinocephalus indicus (Day, 1873) accepted as Synodus indicus (Day, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Trachinocephalus limbatus (Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850) accepted as Trachinocephalus myops (Forster, 1801)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Trachinocephalus Gill, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158883 on 2026-09-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 07:39:43Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2013-03-11 16:03:40Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2022-04-13 11:32:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2025-11-23 17:56:21Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2026-07-29 09:15:10Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]