Trachinocephalus Explained

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

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

• Trachinocephalus atrisignis^[1]
• Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco F., Acero P & Betancur-R., 2016 ^[2]
• Trachinocephalus myops (J. R. Forster, 1801) (blunt-nose lizardfish)
• Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) ^[2]

Notes and References

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. 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.